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Kamakura period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1860 words) |
 | The Kamakura period ended in 1333 with the destruction of the shogunate and the short reestablishment of imperial rule under Emperor Go-Daigo by Ashikaga Takauji, Nitta Yoshisada, and Kusunoki Masashige. |
| The Kamakura period (1185–1333) marks the transition to the Japanese "medieval" era, a nearly 700-year period in which the emperor, the court, and the traditional central government were left intact but were largely relegated to ceremonial functions. |
| Long-standing fears of the Chinese threat to Japan were reinforced, and the Korean Peninsula became regarded as "an arrow pointed at the heart of Japan." The Japanese victory, however, gave the bushi a sense of fighting superiority that remained with Japan's soldiers until 1945. |
| Kamakura shogunate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (443 words) |
| The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Kamakura bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship ruled by the shoguns from 1185 to 1333. |
| Based in Kamakura, Japan, this period draws its name from the capital of the shogunate and is known as the Kamakura period. |
| The Kamakura bakufu came to an end in 1333 with the defeat and destruction of the Hōjō clan. |
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