Kamakura shogunate

Timeline

1. 1185–1199Kamakura · KantōIn 1185 Minamoto no Yoshitsune destroyed the Taira at the Battle of Dan-no-ura, and Minamoto no Yoritomo established a warrior government at Kamakura. In 1192 Yoritomo was appointed sei-i taishōgun by the emperor, formally establishing the shogunate system, and Japan's political center shifted from Kyoto to the warriors.
2. 1221–1246Kyoto · KansaiIn 1221 retired Emperor Go-Toba launched the Jōkyū War in an attempt to restore imperial power; Hōjō Yoshitoki led the bakufu army to defeat the emperor's side and exiled three retired emperors. Thereafter the Hōjō clan monopolized real power in the bakufu through the shikken system, and imperial authority declined further.
3. 1274–1281Hakata Bay · KyushuIn the Bun'ei War of 1274 and the Kōan War of 1281, the bakufu and its gokenin twice repelled Yuan expeditionary forces, but the war's costs were enormous, the gokenin resented not receiving land rewards, and the bakufu's finances and warrior solidarity suffered severe blows.
4. 1331–1333Kamakura · KantōIn 1331 Emperor Go-Daigo launched a movement to overthrow the bakufu; in 1333 Nitta Yoshisada led troops into Kamakura, the last shikken Hōjō Takatoki committed suicide, the Kamakura shogunate fell, and the center of warrior government briefly returned to Kyoto until the Muromachi shogunate was established.