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Beginning of Japan's Nanboku-chō period

Type Event Region Japan Time 1336–1392

In 1336 Ashikaga Takauji broke with Emperor Go-Daigo, and the Japanese court split into a Northern Court based in Kyoto and a Southern Court based in…

Timeline

  1. 1335–1336Kyoto · KansaiEmperor Go-Daigo's Kenmu Restoration aroused discontent among the samurai class; Ashikaga Takauji rose in revolt, and imperial authority quickly collapsed in the Kyoto area.
  2. 1336Yoshino · Nara PrefectureEmperor Go-Daigo established the Southern Court at Yoshino, while Ashikaga Takauji set up the Northern Court in Kyoto, creating the Nanboku-chō pattern of two coexisting courts.

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