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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