Decline of Kamakura Shogunate Authority in the 1320s

Timeline

1. 1321–1324Kamakura · KantōRegent Hōjō Takatoki indulged in pleasure and neglected governance; shogunate decisions relied on close retainers, and gokenin discontent with the Hōjō clan steadily accumulated, beginning to dissolve the shogunate's internal cohesion.
2. 1324Kyoto · KinkiEmperor Go-Daigo's secret plot to overthrow the shogunate was exposed; the shogunate suppressed the Kyoto court, and several court nobles were executed or exiled. The shogunate appeared victorious, but the emperor's faction's will to resist was not extinguished.
3. 1327Kyoto · KinkiIn the 1327 Karyaku Disturbance, kanpaku Takatsugu and Takashige were dismissed, Saionji Kinmune became kanpaku, court factional struggles intensified again, and the shogunate's control over Kyoto noticeably weakened.
4. 1328–1330Kamakura · KantōBy the late 1320s, gokenin discontent with the Hōjō clan continued to deepen; the tyranny of Takatoki's close retainers aroused widespread anger, and the shogunate was unable to effectively mediate between the warrior class and the court, making the decline of its authority irreversible.