ge-koku-jo

Updated: May 25, 2025

From the accession of Takauji, in 1338, to the death of Yoshiaki, in 1597, a period of 259 years, there was not so much as one decade of signal success and efficient government. With justice the story of the time has been summed up in the epithet "ge-koku-jo," or the overthrow of the upper by the lower. The appreciation of the eminent historian, Rai Sanyo, is most faithful.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era