Kamakura shogunate
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The Kamakura shogunate was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333.
A wooden Kongorikishi (Nio) created during the 14th-century at a temple in Sakai, Osaka
Grave of Minamoto no Yoritomo
Site of Hōjō Takatoki's death
Kouyou of Yoshinoyama
Kenmu Restoration
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The Kenmu Restoration was a three-year period of Imperial rule in Japanese history between the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period from 1333 to 1336. The Kenmu Restoration was an effort made by E
Kamakura shogunate
…shogunate saw the Jōkyū War in 1221 and the Mongol invasions of Japan under Kublai Khan in 1274 and 1281. The Kamakura shogunate was overthrown in the Kenmu Restoration under Emperor Go-Daigo in 1333, re-establishing Imperial rule until Ashikaga Takauji and his offspring overthrew the imperial government and founded…
Emperor Go-Daigo
A portrait of Ashikaga Takauji bearing his son Yoshiakira's cipher
Prince Morinaga's statue at Kamakura-gū in Kamakura