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Goseibai Shikimoku was the legal code of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan, promulgated by third shikken Hōjō Yasutoki.
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In November, an armada of 900 vessels containing more than 40,000 troops was dispatched from Korea. The armada demolished Tsushima and Iki islands and arrived at Hakata Bay on Novemeber 18th. On the following day, the troops landed on the bay and fought the Japanese defense on land. The Japanese were no match for the Mongol's cavalry tactics and weaponry. The Japanese had no choice but to retreat to a fortress near Dazaifu. The remaining retreated to Korea, ending in an unsuccessful invasion.
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The second Mongol invasion of Japan was one of the most massive in history. One armada consisting of 40,000 Mongols, Koreans, and north Chinese was to sail from Korea, while a second, larger force of some 100,000 men was to set out from various ports in south China. The Korean and south Chinese sailors sensed the approach of a typhoon and tried to put to sea. But the fleet was so unwieldly and poorly coordinated that many of the ships collided.
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The power of the Hōjō remained unchallenged until 1324, when Emperor Go-Daigo orchestrated a plot to overthrow them, but the plot was discovered almost immediately and foiled.
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The rivalry between the Northern and Southern Emperors began, and lasted for 3 years.
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Yoshimitsu ended an imperial division of Japan caused by Takauji’s seizure of Kyōto, which had forced the emperor Go-Daigo (reigned 1318–39) and his adherents to flee to the Yoshino Mountains, south of Nara, where they established a court separate from that of the emperor designated by Takauji in Kyōto. Yoshimitsu concluded a truce with the southern court; the position of emperor would alternate between the two imperial lines if the imperial regalia returned to Kyoto. The promise was not kept.
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Unification of political power in the Tokugawa Shogunate.
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The Chinese brought them into Japan and arrived by the proximity.
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The shogunate was started by Tokugawa Leyasu and it lasted for 268 years. The capital of the shogunate was Edo (Tokyo).