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The subject of adoption allows a window into discussions of what constitutes family or kin
and how technology has added a new dimension to mass action and social change
Drawing on hundreds of sources
and then building
Authorizing the Shogunate — Selinger Umbrellas The subject of adoption allowsBy Vyjayanthi Selinger Associate Professor of Asian Studies The Genpei War of 1180 1185 signaled a crucial shift in Japanese history because it gave birth to the shogunate, or government run by warriors. How was the emergence of this new polity following a contentious civil war explained in literary texts? This book argues that political authority is made visible in the variant texts of the Heike monogatari corpus through ritual that map the ideal