Editing Shogun (section)

====The regency political system and cloistered rule====
{{Further|Sesshō and Kampaku|Fujiwara clan}}
The shoguns of this period had no real political power, and the imperial court was in charge of politics. From the mid-9th century to the mid-11th century, the [[Fujiwara clan]] controlled political power. They excluded other clans from the political center and monopolized the highest positions in the court, such as {{nihongo3|Imperial Regent for Minor Emperors|摂政|[[Sesshō and Kampaku|sesshō]]}}, {{nihongo3|Imperial Regent fo Adult Emperors|関白|[[Sesshō and Kampaku|kampaku]]}}, and {{nihongo3|Chancellor of the Realm|太政大臣|[[daijō-daijin]]}}, reaching their peak at the end of the 10th century under [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]] and [[Fujiwara no Yorimichi]].<ref name="tomonokai">{{cite web|url=https://www.juku.st/info/entry/1349|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511095734/https://www.juku.st/info/entry/1349|script-title=ja:【藤原道長はなぜ躍進？】摂関政治をわかりやすく説明する方法|language=ja|publisher=Tomonokai|date=19 July 2015|archive-date=11 May 2022|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="yh040124">{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/d404674899919ce02e297e8f3a5117f8807b3341|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312002713/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/d404674899919ce02e297e8f3a5117f8807b3341|script-title=ja:摂関政治で最盛期を築き上げた藤原氏とは、いかなる由緒を持つ氏族なのか|language=ja|publisher=Yahoo News|date=4 January 2024|archive-date=12 March 2024|access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="kotobasekk">{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%91%82%E9%96%A2%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB-87197|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129224719/https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%91%82%E9%96%A2%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB-87197|script-title=ja:摂関政治|language=ja|publisher=Kotobank|date=|archive-date=29 November 2023|access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref>

Later, in the mid-11th century, [[Emperor Go-Sanjo]] weakened the power of the ''sesshō'' and ''kampaku'' by presiding over politics himself, and when the next emperor, [[Emperor Shirakawa|Shirakawa]], abdicated and became a [[cloistered emperor]] and began a [[cloistered rule]], the ''sesshō'' and ''kampaku'' lost their real political authority and became nominal, effectively ending the Fujiwara regime.<ref name="tomonokai"/><ref name="yh040124"/><ref name="kotobasekk"/>