Kamakura period

The Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). is a time in the Japanese history from 1185 through 1333 in the history of Japan.^[1] This grouping of years is named after city of Kamakura which was the center of power of the Kamakura shogunate.^[2]

The government of shoguns which was functionally established in 1192 by Minamoto no Yoritomo.^[3]

The Kamakura period ended in 1333 with the destruction of the shogunate. Imperial rule was re-established under Emperor Go-Daigo.^[4]

Mongol Invasions of Japan (1274, 1281) also happened in this period.

Flourishing of Buddhism

Buddhism expanded during this period. A number of monks founded separate Buddhist sects, including

• Hōnen, founder of the Jōdo shū sect^[5]

• Shinran, disciple of Hōnen; founder of Jōdo Shinshū^[6]

• Ippen, founder of the Ji sect^[7]

• Dōgen, founder of the Sōtō school of Zen^[8]

• Eisai, founder of the Rinzai school of Zen^[9]

• Nichiren, founder of the sect of Buddhism named after him^[10]

The older Buddhist sects such as Shingon and Tendai continued to thrive.

Timeline

1185 (Genryaku 2, 24th day of the 3rd month): Taira clan (Heike) defeated at sea by Minamoto Yoshitsune^[11]
1191 (Kenkyū 2): Esai establishes Zen in Japan^[12]
1192 (Kenkyū 3): Minamoto Yoritomo appointed as shogun^[13]
1207 (Ken'ei 1): Hōnen and his followers are exiled^[14]
1221 (Jōkyū 3): In the Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., Emperor Go-Toba tried to take power from the Kamakura shogunate. The effort did not succeed.^[15]
1252 (Kenchō 2): Great Buddha of Kamakura was put in place at Kōtoku-in.^[16]
November 19, 1274 (Bun'ei 11, 20th day of the 10th month): Kublai Khan sent a fleet and an army to invade Japan; Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). or the "Bun'ei War".^[17]
1281 (Kōan 4): Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). or the "Kōan War".^[18]
1293 (Einin 1): Disastrous earthquake and tsunami hit Sagami Bay and Kamakura, killing 23,034 people.^[19]
1333 (Genkō 3): Nitta Yoshisada destroys the Kamakura shogunate in the Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..^[20]

Gallery

Dai Butsu of Kamakura. Hand-coloured image by Adolfo Farsari, between 1885 and 1890—see 1252 above
Painting scrolls on the Mongol invasions by Fukuda Taika, 1846 —see 1274 and 1281 above

Kamakura Period Media

Provinces in the Kamakura period (excluding Hokkaido and the Satsunan Islands)
A famous Japanese wooden kongorikishi statue of Tōdai-ji, Nara. It was made by Busshi Unkei in 1203.
Japanese samurai boarding Mongol ships in 1281

Related pages

List of Japanese eras

References

↑ Library of Congress Country Studies, Japan,"Kamakura and Muromachi periods". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Hall, John Whitney. (1991). Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times, pp. 86-87.
↑ Hall, p. 359.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 867–868. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 706. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce Tsuchida. (1975). The Tale of the Heike, pp. 676-690.
↑ What is Zen? History. Retrieved 2012-4-29.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 635. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Jodo Shu, "About Honen Shonin" Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-4-29.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Tsubata, Kate. "The Great Buddha at Kamakura," The Washington Times, May 25, 2008. Retrieved 2012-4-30.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ NOAA Earthquake Database Query
↑ McCullough, Helen Craig. (1959). The Taiheiki: A Chronicle of Medieval Japan, pp. 285-311.

Other websites

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kamakura and Nanbokucho Periods (1185–1392)
British Museum, Kamakura period (AD 1185-1333) Archived 2011-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
Japan-guide.com, Kamakura Period (1192 - 1333)

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[1] Library of Congress Country Studies, Japan,"Kamakura and Muromachi periods". Retrieved 2011-10-20.

[2] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[3] Hall, John Whitney. (1991). Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times, pp. 86-87.

[hall359-4] Hall, p. 359.

[5] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[6] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 867–868. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[7] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[8] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[9] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[10] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 706. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[11] Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce Tsuchida. (1975). The Tale of the Heike, pp. 676-690.

[12] What is Zen? History. Retrieved 2012-4-29.

[nussbaum635-13] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 635. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[14] Jodo Shu, "About Honen Shonin" Archived 2013-10-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-4-29.

[15] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 431. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[16] Tsubata, Kate. "The Great Buddha at Kamakura," The Washington Times, May 25, 2008. Retrieved 2012-4-30.

[17] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[18] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[19] NOAA Earthquake Database Query

[20] McCullough, Helen Craig. (1959). The Taiheiki: A Chronicle of Medieval Japan, pp. 285-311.

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