1068 -- 1185
Insei
rule by cloistered emperor
Late Heian period:
Multiple center: because of the shoen system
Aristocrats and imperial family in Heian-kyo
Military: in elsewhere, such as their own shoen
Emperor rely on support from ranking nobles to reign
Women become highest- ranking consorts of imperial family
Male clan heads become “regents” (jan 1, 1068 – jan 1, 1185)