Hōjō Yoshitoki suppresses the Jōkyū War

Timeline

1. 1221Kamakura · Kanagawa PrefectureUpon learning that retired Emperor Go-Toba had issued an edict ordering his downfall, Hōjō Yoshitoki convened a gokenin assembly in Kamakura and decided to raise troops against the court. Yoshitoki appointed his son Hōjō Yasutoki as commander-in-chief, assigning Ashikaga Yashitsu, Miura Yoshimura and others to lead the various routes; the shogunate's war machine mobilized swiftly.
2. 1221Uji and Ōtsu · Kyoto PrefectureThe shogunate's Tōkaidō, Tōsandō and Hokurikudō armies advanced west along separate routes, engaging the court forces in the Kinai under Yoshitoki's overall direction. Hōjō Yasutoki broke through the Uji defensive line with the main force; the court commander Fujiwara no Michinori was killed, the court army routed, and the shogunal forces secured the outskirts of Kyoto.
3. 1221Kyoto · KyotoThe shogunal forces entered Kyoto and the court was forced to request surrender. Hōjō Yoshitoki settled postwar matters through envoys and commanders in Kyoto, ordering the exile of three retired emperors and the confiscation of estates belonging to participating court nobles; the Jōkyū War ended in complete shogunate victory and Hōjō regental prestige reached its peak.