Kadokawa Manga gakushu series: Nihon no rekishi (History of Japan) 4

[Machine Translation] The late Heian period (794-1185) was the era of the Insei system, in which the regent and seiji were replaced by the emperor (inin), who held power. The emperor was free to govern and to collect lands and manors. The Minamoto and Taira clans, descendants of the emperor, became powerful warriors in their own right. The Minamoto and Taira clans began to make inroads into the center of the country, and eventually, after the Hogen and Heiji revolts, the Taira clan came to power. This volume looks at the period from the Insei era to the Heishi's heyday.

平安時代後期は、摂政・関白に代わって上皇(院)が権力をもつ院政の時代に入ります。上皇は、自由な立場で政治を行い、知行国や荘園を集めます。諸国では武士団が興り、天皇の末裔の源氏と平氏が武士の棟梁として、力をつけてきます。源氏や平氏は、中央に進出するようになり、やがて、保元・平治の乱を経て、平氏が権力をにぎります。本巻では、院政の時代から平氏全盛の時代までを見ていきます。