武家政権における側近政治の研究

Abstract

Kamakura Shogunate which consisted of local knight as a public a group unit(Gokeninsei) was a government of knights, and their support and participation must have been essential method to accession to power and construction of system. But the one thing that we must notice is that unofficial personal relations like Gokeninsei, close men government had a great effect on the maintenance and administration of the system. There were various kinds of classes in the Kamakura Shogunate, and as it became stabilized, men of ability for administration were taken into positions of responsibilities. Minamoto Yoritomo appointed Gokenin from Kantou to positions of trust and intended to stabilize the system. He made much of Josiki with knowledge and forces but out of the system. Like these, the essence of the Minamoto Yoritomo administration was not the system but the very personal relations. We could see so many personal relations in the establishment and development of Shogunate. Men from various classes around political power who were appointed to positions of responsibilities devoted themselves to the maintenance of the system. Justice, utility or legitimacy didn't absolutely work at that time. The purpose of this study of Kamakura and Close Men Government is the importance of the informal political activities which had existed before the Shogunate governments were established with systems in the establishment and development of Kamakura Shogunate, and investigation into the essence of the personal relations made by the Close men.