・When the number of Fujiwara clans increases too much, it becomes difficult to distinguish them, so what appeared is a name linked to housing and position. Fujiwara Michinaga “Mido Kanpaku” Since his residence was in Kujo, Fujiwara Morisuke was called “Kujo Hall” (p17)
・Three houses were established from the Fujiwara family, the Konoe family, the Matsudono family, and the Kujo family, and later positions such as regent and kanpaku were removed from these three houses. Of these, the Matsudono family fell because they teamed up with Kiso Yoshinaka, and the Konoe family and the Kujo family survived. From the Konoe family, a branch family called the Takatsukasa family, and from the Kujo family, the Ichijo family and the Nijo family occurred, and these five were fixed as “five regents” that expelled regents (p19)
・Generally, the general term summarizing each lineage is “clan,” and the smallest unit of one of them is thought to be a “house,” and when called between “of,” for example, “Fujiwara no Michinaga” means “Fujiwara clan's Michinaga,” and if “no” is not attached, it represents “house” (p19)
・In the Sengoku period, the value that “survival of the family is the highest priority” was established, so “home” was regarded as more important than blood connections. In homes where there were no children, it was commonplace to get adopted children from relatives, and measures were also taken to keep the house alive by carrying out errands even if they were not related by blood. Under such circumstances, other people's offspring, that is, oviparous eggs were not viewed as a major problem (p23)
・There is a legend that when Ieyasu ordered them to change countries to “go to Akita,” the Satake clan was outraged, but as a revenge, they moved to Akita with beautiful women from Tokiwa, and there is a legend that Akita beauty was born. Mr. Satake continues to exist as a daimyo with the oldest history among Japanese samurai, and continues to have a strong presence as a prestigious family that dismisses the governor of Akita prefecture even now (p38)
・In the case of Buddhism, even if disputes arise over the correctness of teachings, there is almost no such thing as taking the other person's life, and it is thought that there is a difference in the structure of monotheism and polytheism in the background of the differences with Christianity. In the case of Christianity, there is only one God, and since there is only one will, it is a choice between right and wrong, and those that are wrong are mercilessly eliminated, but in Japanese Buddhism, there are many Buddhas, and since their respective teachings are respected, differences in discussions rarely lead to direct violence (p64)
・The core of the teachings spread by Honen was surprisingly simple and thorough, and like the Tendai sect and the Shingon sect, which were mainstream at the time, they completely denied the idea that the severity of status and property training was directly linked to progress and salvation, and argued that paradise death is promised with one of the nembutsu that chants “Namu Amida Buddha.” This simple and clear doctrine became a revolutionary message of salvation for the common people who were suffering in their social status (p66)
・Ashikaga Takauji thought that control of the economy in the coming era would form the foundation of politics. The center of commerce at that time was Kyoto, and Takauji thought that by establishing a shogunate there, a system to manage economic activity and tax commerce should be established. To that end, if the shogunate remained in Kamakura, it would be difficult to control commercial development, so they moved the shogunate to Kyoto and tried to control the flow of the economy (p71)
・After arriving at the Minister of the Interior, Taira no Kiyomori was promoted to Grand Minister of State at once, and was therefore unable to perform the aristocratic rituals that should be performed by either Minister of the Interior or Minister of the Left; on the other hand, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu acted in a position to supervise the ceremony step by step, from Minister of the Interior to Minister of the Interior, and it was considered that it was higher to be promoted step by step (p76)
・The Muromachi shogunate not only continued as a samurai administration, but also incorporated the framework of the Imperial Court itself into its own power structure, and what was particularly strengthened was the function of absorbing the wealth of Kyoto, which was the largest city at the time and the center of the economy (p77)
・Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had successful diplomacy with China and Ming; he established a formal diplomatic relationship with Ming, was recognized as the “King of Japan” by the Ming emperor, and the shogun, who is the head of the samurai family rather than the emperor, was internationally recognized as a representative of Japan. This is an amazing story even in the international community because it means he jumped over the emperor (p79)
