Rokuhara tandai六波羅探題alternative words: Rokuhara deputy, Rokuharatandai keywords: office , title related topics: Kamakura shogunate , Emperor Gotoba , Shugo , Heiankyo , Yamato dynasty , Heishi , Hojoshi related web sites: http://homepage2.nifty.com/midorigallery/rokuhara/rokuhara.htm , http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~yoropara/tishiki/ks00014.htm explanation: Post settled by Kamakura shogunate to watch the imperial court and charged with the police affairs of Kyoto. Initially these matters had been handled by Kyoto shugo but after Jyokyu rebellion of emperor Gotoba, Rokuhara tandai replaced it with a prerogative of judicial affairs on western Japan. The post was occupied by 2 Hojo members and disappeared with the fall of Kamakura shogunate in 1333. Rokuhara was a southeastern district of Kyoto where Heishi had settled their headquarters. | |