Kamakura period

History of Japan
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The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura jidai) 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.

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.
4. ↑ Hall, p. 359.