Kemmu era

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The Kemmu era was a brief Japanese imperial era in the early 14th century marked by Emperor Go-Daigo’s attempt to restore direct imperial rule before the establishment of the Ashikaga shogunate.

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instanceOf Japanese era name ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
surface form: Kenmu era
associatedDynasty Yamato dynasty ⓘ
associatedShogun Ashikaga Takauji ⓘ
associatedWith Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
capital Kyoto ⓘ
chronologicalPosition early 14th century ⓘ
conflict Nanboku-chō period ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
durationInYears about 3 years ⓘ
endDate 1336-02-29 ⓘ
endedBy establishment of Ashikaga Takauji’s power in Kyoto ⓘ
endYear 1336 ⓘ
eraNameRomanization Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
surface form: Kenmu
eraNameWrittenInKanji 建武 ⓘ
eraNumberInSequence first era after fall of Kamakura shogunate ⓘ
eraType imperial era ⓘ
followedGovernment Kamakura period ⓘ
surface form: Kamakura shogunate
follows Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
surface form: Genkō era
governmentForm restored imperial rule ⓘ
historicalSignificance transition from Kamakura to Muromachi period ⓘ
imperialPolicy attempted land and rank redistribution ⓘ
reassertion of court authority over samurai ⓘ
languageOfEraName Classical Chinese ⓘ
legacy precipitated division between Northern and Southern Courts ⓘ
linkedTo Kamakura period ⓘ
Muromachi period ⓘ
namedBy Emperor Go-Daigo ⓘ
notableFigure Kusunoki Masashige ⓘ
Nitta Yoshisada ⓘ
politicalContext attempt to restore direct imperial rule ⓘ
collapse of the Kamakura shogunate ⓘ
precededGovernment Ashikaga clan ⓘ
surface form: Ashikaga shogunate
precedes Engen era ⓘ
Ryakuō era ⓘ
reigningEmperor Emperor Go-Daigo ⓘ
relatedEvent fall of Kamakura in 1333 ⓘ
rise of Ashikaga Takauji ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
result discontent among samurai class ⓘ
startDate 1333-04-11 ⓘ
startYear 1333 ⓘ
usedIn Japanese nengō system ⓘ

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