The Kōbu polity--Court-Bakufu relations in Kamakura Japan / G. Cameron Hurst III -- The Imperial Court as a legal authority in the Kamakura age / Cornelius J. Kiley -- Hierarchy and economics in early medieval Tōdaiji / Joan R. Piggott -- Suō Province in the age of Kamakura / Peter J. Arnesen -- The early Bakufu and feudalism / Jeffrey P. Mass -- The Hōjō family and succession to power / H. Paul Varley -- The Hōjō and consultative government / Andrew Goble -- The Zen monastery in Kamakura society / Martin Collcutt -- Social control and the significance of Akutō / Lorraine F. Harrington -- Epilogue / John W. Hall -- Old and new approaches to Kamakura history / Takeuchi Rizō.