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The World Turned Upside Down: Medieval Japanese Society (Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture) (Updated Edition) by Pierre François Souyri, Käthe Roth (Translator), Ksthe (Trn) Roth Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-231-11843-0 / 0231118430 ISBN-13: 978-0-231-11843-9 / 9780231118439 In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." Feudal clans fought civil wars, and warriors from the Kanto Plain rose up to restore the military regime of their shogun, Yoritomo. The whole of this intermediary period came |