Kenmu Restoration

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The Kenmu Restoration was a brief 14th-century attempt by Emperor Go-Daigo to restore direct imperial rule in Japan, which ultimately collapsed and led to the establishment of the Ashikaga shogunate.

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Kenmu Restoration canonical 4
Kenmu 2
Kenmu era 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Japanese history
historical period
political restoration
aimedTo restore direct imperial rule
alsoKnownAs Kenmu Restoration
surface form: Kenmu no shinsei
capital Kyoto
cause Emperor Go-Daigo’s opposition to samurai rule
discontent with Kamakura shogunate
characterizedBy attempted centralization of power under the emperor
conflict between imperial court and samurai elites
chronologyWithinJapan after Kamakura period
before Muromachi period
country Japan
endTime 1336
eraName Kenmu Restoration self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kenmu
followedBy Ashikaga clan
surface form: Ashikaga shogunate

Muromachi period
follows Kamakura period
surface form: Kamakura shogunate
governmentTypeAttempted direct imperial rule
hasConsequence division of imperial line into Northern and Southern Courts
strengthening of samurai-led military government
hasKeyFigure Ashikaga Takauji
Emperor Go-Daigo
Kusunoki Masashige
Nitta Yoshisada
historicalPeriod 14th century
initiatedBy Emperor Go-Daigo
languageOfRecord Classical Japanese
location Kyoto
namedAfter Kenmu Restoration self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kenmu era
opposedBy Ashikaga Takauji
samurai class
partOf history of the Japanese imperial institution
medieval Japanese history
precededBy Genkō War
relatedTo Nanboku-chō period
Northern Court
Southern Court
result beginning of Muromachi period
establishment of Ashikaga shogunate
failure to establish lasting imperial rule
shortDescription brief attempt by Emperor Go-Daigo to restore imperial rule in Japan
significantEvent Kenmu Restoration self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kenmu Edict

appointment of Ashikaga Takauji as shogun
fall of the Kamakura shogunate
startTime 1333

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Muromachi period significantEvent Kenmu Restoration
Kamakura period endedBy Kenmu Restoration
Kemmu era follows Kenmu Restoration
this entity surface form: Genkō era
Kemmu era associatedWith Kenmu Restoration
Kemmu era alsoKnownAs Kenmu Restoration
this entity surface form: Kenmu era
Kemmu era eraNameRomanization Kenmu Restoration
this entity surface form: Kenmu
Kenmu Restoration alsoKnownAs Kenmu Restoration
this entity surface form: Kenmu no shinsei
Kenmu Restoration namedAfter Kenmu Restoration self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kenmu era
Kenmu Restoration significantEvent Kenmu Restoration self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kenmu Edict
Kenmu Restoration eraName Kenmu Restoration self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kenmu
regency of the Hōjō clan replacedBy Kenmu Restoration