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Kamakura shogunate

File:Procession-of-Minamoto-no-Yoritomo-visits-Kyoto-1190-Utagawa-Sadahide.png
Minamoto no Yoritomo's goes to Kyoto at beginning of the Kamakura Shogunate -- woodblock print by Utagawa Sadahide, circa 1860s

The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕, Kamakura bakufu) was a feudal Japanese feudal military government.[1] The heads of government were the shoguns.[2] The first three were members of the Minamoto clan.[3] The next two were members of the Fujiwara clan.[4] The last six were minor Imperial princes.[1]

These years are known as the Kamakura period. The period takes its name from the city where the Minamoto shoguns lived.[1]

After 1203, the Hōjō clan held the office of Shikken.[5] In effect, the shikken governed in the name of the shoguns.[6]

History

In 1192, Minamoto no Yoritomo and the Minamoto clan established a military government in Kamakura.[1] The shogunate functioned within the framework of the Heian system of Imperial rule.[7]

The Mongols under Kublai Khan attempted to invade Japan.[8] On 19 November 1274 (Bun'ei 11, 20th day of the 10th month), Kublai Khan's army landed near Fukuoka in Kyūshū. The invaders retreated to Korea.[9] This was called Bun'ei War (Bunei no eki).[10] There was a second invasion attempt by Mongol forces in 1281 (Kōan 4). This was called the Kōan War (Kōan no eki).[11] The shogunate prepared to defend against a third invasion, but it did not come. The costs of defense a weakened the shogunate.[12]

In the Siege of Kamakura (鎌倉の戦い) in 1333 (Genkō 3), forces led by Nitta Yoshisada destroyed the Kamakura shogunate [13]

List of Kamakura shoguns (Updating)

File:Minamoto-no-Yoritomo Grave2-Kamakura.jpg
Grave of Minamoto no Yoritomo
  1. Minamoto no Yoritomo, r. 1192-1199[14]
  2. Minamoto no Yoriie, r. 1202-1203[14]
  3. Minamoto no Sanetomo, r. 1203-1219[15]
  4. Kujō Yoritsune, r. 1226-1244[16]
  5. Kujō Yoritsugu, r. 1244-1252[16]
  6. Prince Munetaka, r. 1252-1266[17]
  7. Prince Koreyasu, r. 1266-1289[18]
  8. Prince Hisaakira, r. 1289-1308[19]
  9. Prince Morikuni, r. 1308-1333[20]
  10. Prince Morinaga, r.1333-1334[20]
  11. Prince Norinaga, r. 1334-1338

List of Kamakura shikken

File:Hojo Takatoki Harakiri-Yagura.jpg
Site of Hōjō Takatoki's death
  1. Hōjō Tokimasa, r. 1203-1205[21]
  2. Hōjō Yoshitoki, r. 1205-1224[22]
  3. Hōjō Yasutoki, r. 1224-1242[22]
  4. Hōjō Tsunetoki, r. 1242-1246[22]
  5. Hōjō Tokiyori, r. 1246-1256[22]
  6. Hōjō Tokimune, r. 1268-1284[22]
  7. Hōjō Sadatoki, r. 1284-1301[21]
  8. Hōjō Morotoki, r. 1301-1311[21]
  9. Hōjō Takatoki, r. 1316-1326[21]

Kamakura Shogunate Media

  • Kongorikishi statue from 14th century Japan. Wood. The sculpural style is flamboyantly realistic, as is typical of the period. Originally stood guard at the gate to Ebaradera, a temple in Sakai, near Osaka. Now on exhibit at the Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution.

Related pages

References

The flower and bamboo symbol of the Minamoto family.
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  8. ↑ Turnbull, Stephen R. (1987). Samurai Warriors, p. 38; Turnbull, (1966). Samurai Warfare, p. 98-99
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  12. ↑ Murdoch, James. (1964). A History of Japan, Vol. I, p. 511-513, 525.
  13. ↑ McCullough, Helen Craig. (1959). The Taiheiki: A Chronicle of Medieval Japan, pp. 285-311.
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