Editing Kamakura shogunate (section)

==Institutions==
The Kamakura shogunate functioned within the framework of the Heian system of Imperial rule.<ref>Mass, Jeffrey P. (1996).  [https://books.google.com/books?id=17S0aZT5swsC&pg=PA1 "The Kamakura Bakufu"] in ''Warrior Rule in Japan'' (Marius Jansen, ed.),  p. 1.</ref>

Yoritomo established a chancellery, or ''[[mandokoro]]'', as his principal organ of government. Later, under the Hōjō, a separate institution, the ''hyōjōshū'' became the focus of government.

The shogunate appointed new military governors (''[[shugo]]'') over the provinces/states. These were selected mostly from powerful families in the different provinces, or the title was bestowed upon a general and his family after a successful campaign. Although they managed their own affairs, in theory they were still obliged to the central government through their allegiance to the shōgun. The military governors paralleled the existing system of governors and vice-governors (''[[Kokushi (official)|kokushi]]'') appointed by the civil government in Kyoto.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}

Kamakura also appointed stewards, or ''[[jitō]]'', to positions in the manors (''[[shōen]]''). These stewards received revenues from the manors in return for their military service. They served along with the holders of similar office, ''[[Gesu (office)|gesu]]'', who delivered dues from the manor to the proprietor in Kyoto. Thus the dual governmental system reached to the manor level.{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}

In legal matters, the government promulgated a legal code called [[Goseibai Shikimoku]] in 1232<ref>{{Cite book |title=Azuma Kagami (Hōjōbon) |at=Scroll 28 |language=ja}} For date conversion, see {{Cite book |last=Zhang |first=Peiyu |title=三千五百年历日天象 |publisher=Elephant Press |year=1997 |language=zh}}</ref> which would continuously be used until the [[Muromachi period]]. A court of appeals was also set up during this period, called the [[Moncho-jo]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Deal |first=William E. |title=Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2016 |pages=92 |language=en}}</ref>