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The Kamakura shogunate came to possess military, administrative, and judicial functions, although the imperial government remained the recognized legal authority.
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The Genpei War, also known as the Taira-Minamoto War, was a conflict in Japan principally between two rival clans: the Minamoto and Taira, for control of the imperial throne.
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The Kamakura Period or Kamakura Jidai of medieval Japan began when Minamoto no Yoritomo defeated the Taira clan at the Battle of Dannoura in 1185 CE.
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The Kamakura period, in Japanese history, the period from 1192 to 1333 during which the basis of feudalism was firmly established. In 1192 his authority was given imperial sanction when he was granted the rank of shogun.
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Todaiji is an ancient temple complex in Nara, Japan. Founded in 738 CE and officially opened in 752 CE when Nara was the capital, the temple is the headquarters of the Buddhist Kegon sect
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Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and the first shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. He ruled from 1192 until 1199.
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The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari), often referred to as Japan’s “cool,” is the subject of a lively new translation by Royall Tyler, the preeminent translator of Japanese classics.
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The Mongol invasions of Japan took place in 1274 and 1281 CE when Kublai Khan sent two huge fleets from Korea and China. In both cases, the Japanese, and especially the samurai warriors, vigorously defended their shores but it would be typhoon storms
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Hojo Moritoki reigns as shogun in Japan, the last of the Kamakura Shogunate. Nitta Yoshisada attacks and destroys Kamakura, capital of Japan's Kamakura Shogunate.
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Beginning in 1568, Japan's "Three Reunifiers"—Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu—worked to bring the warring daimyo back under central control. In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu completed the task and established the Tokugawa Shogunate, which would rule in the emperor's name until 1868.
