The Kamakura period was a period of Japanese history in which the country was governed by the shogun at Kamakura, rather than by the emperor and court at Kyoto. It began when Minamoto no Yoritomo, after defeating the rival Taira clan in the Genpei War, was appointed shogun and set up a military government, the bakufu. Real power then passed to the Hojo family, who ruled as regents for the shoguns. The samurai became the dominant social class, and new Buddhist schools such as Pure Land, Nichiren and Zen spread. The regime repelled two Mongol invasions in 1274 and 1281, with the help of storms later called kamikaze, but it was weakened financially, and fell when Emperor Go-Daigo and the general Ashikaga Takauji overthrew it.
Before and after
- from 1180 to 1185Genpei War
- 24 June 1182Birth of Francis of Assisi
- from 30 September 1183 to 6 October 1183Battle of Al-Fule
- from November 1183 to December 1183Siege of Kerak
- from 1185 to 1333Kamakura period
- from 1185 to 1396Second Bulgarian Empire
- 1186Construction of Studenica monastery
- c. 1187Origins of Stockholm
- from 1187 to 1833Construction of Alcobaça Monastery
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