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Kamakura

Type Object Region Asia Time 1185–1333

Kamakura was the political center of Japan's samurai government in the Kamakura period (1185–1333);…

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  1. 1185–1192Kamakura · KantoMinamoto no Yoritomo founded the shogunate in Kamakura, moving the political center from Kyoto to Kanto; Kamakura became the symbolic capital and administrative hub of the samurai government.
  2. 1200–1274Kamakura · KantoThe Hojo clan consolidated rule over the country through the regency system; temples, shrines, the shogunal residence and samurai houses stood in numbers within Kamakura, forming a distinctive samurai urban landscape.
  3. 1274–1318Kamakura · KantoThough the Mongol invasions were repelled, the shogunate exhausted its finances preparing for war, insufficient rewards provoked discontent among the gokenin, and Kamakura's prestige as political center began to decline.
  4. 1318–1333Kamakura · KantoGo-Daigo ascended the throne in 1318 and plotted to overthrow the shogunate; between 1311 and 1320 Kamakura still maintained shogunate operations, but internal divisions deepened, foreshadowing the shogunate's collapse in 1333.

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