公こう武ぶ

noun

court nobles and samurai; the imperial court and the shogunate

Historical term referring to the two major political forces in pre-modern Japan: the imperial court (公家) and the warrior class (武家), often in the context of their relationship or combined authority.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには公こう武ぶ合がっ体たいが模も索さくされた。

  During the Edo period, a union of the imperial court and the shogunate was sought.

• 公こう武ぶの対たい立りつが幕ばく末まつの動どう乱らんを招まねいた。

  The conflict between the court nobles and the samurai led to the upheaval at the end of the Edo period.