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Establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate

Type Event Region Asia Time 1192

Around 1192, the Minamoto warrior government based in Kamakura completed its institutionalization, forming Japan's first long-lasting shogunate.

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  1. 1192Kamakura · KantoMinamoto no Yoritomo, as sei-i taishōgun, perfected the gokenin command system and administrative organs in Kamakura; the shogunate, a warrior government independent of the imperial court, was formally established as the new center of Japanese politics.

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