How Did The Rise Of The Warriors Influence Early Medieval Japan

The Rise of the Warrior was slow and steadily throughout early medieval Japan. During the beginning of early medieval Japan, the warriors were no more than armed guards for wealthy landowners and other important figures of the time. Warriors were often used to fight other warrior clans in a display of both brilliance and to display who was the better warrior. It wasn’t until later that the political power of early Japan began moving away from the Emperor and other higher political members such as the nobles, and moved more to the head of the larger clans. This caused a conflict within some of the larger clans. The clans would fight over power and some of the where willing to do anything to seize the power. This would lead to many battles and wars for power between the major clans of early medieval Japan. An example of this is the Taira and the Minamoto, these two clans would fight over who would have control of early Japan. This would later me known as the Gempei War. These two tribes would constantly fight over power until Minamoto Yoshitsune led his clan to victory after being sieged and had thought to have been destroyed by the Taira. Japanese warriors were

The warriors went from ranches to become generals of the armies and soon later political leaders of early medieval Japan. All the battles that led up to Minamoto clan taking control of the political power in early Japan played a crucial part in the separation of the political power away from the Emperor and his nobles. Many times different clans would try and gain more power by forcing it upon other people but it wouldn’t be until the political power shifted that the Minamoto clan was finally able to get more power. The emperor and his nobles were useless against the might of the clans. They were best class soldiers of the time period and giving them political power only allowed them to become even stronger than