military-house

Updated: May 16, 2025

Moreover, as the arrogance of the military magnates in the provinces grew more insistent, and as the Bakufu's ability to oppose them became less effective, the domain of the Court nobles suffered frequent encroachments. One source of revenue for the Bakufu was its domains in various places; another was the buke-yaku, or military-house dues.

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