Kamakura period

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The Kamakura period was a pivotal era in Japanese history (1185–1333) marked by the rise of the samurai class and the establishment of the first shogunate government in Kamakura.

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instanceOf historical period
period of Japanese history
capital Kamakura
chronologicalPlacement first shogunate era in Japan
country Japan
culturalDevelopment development of Zen-influenced arts
emergence of new Buddhist sects
rise of warrior culture
dominantClass samurai
endedBy Kenmu Restoration
overthrow of the Hōjō clan
endTime 1333
follows Heian period
governmentForm military government
shogunate
language Japanese
legalInnovation Goseibai Shikimoku
locationOfPower Kamakura
militaryEvent Battle of Dan-no-ura
Mongol invasions of Japan
surface form: Mongol invasion of 1274

Mongol invasions of Japan
surface form: Mongol invasion of 1281
namedAfter Kamakura
notableSite Engaku-ji
Kenchō-ji
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
partOf feudal Japan
politicalStructure dual authority of shogun and emperor
regency of the Hōjō clan
precedes Muromachi period
religion Buddhism
Nichiren Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism
Shinto
Chan Buddhism
surface form: Zen Buddhism
significantEvent Genpei War
Jōkyū War
Mongol invasions of Japan
establishment of the Kamakura shogunate
fall of the Kamakura shogunate
significantFigure Dōgen
Eisai
Emperor Go-Toba
Hōjō Masako
Hōjō Tokimasa
Hōjō Yoshitoki
Minamoto no Yoritomo
Nichiren
Shinran
startTime 1185

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Hōjō Tokimasa partOf Kamakura period
Hōjō Masako era Kamakura period
Hōjō Masako associatedWith Kamakura period
this entity surface form: Kamakura shogunate
Dōgen era Kamakura period
Hōjō Yoshitoki era Kamakura period
Hōjō Yoshitoki government Kamakura period
this entity surface form: Kamakura shogunate
Jōdo Shinshū periodOfOrigin Kamakura period
Kampaku significantPeriod Kamakura period
The Tale of the Heike historicalPeriodDepicted Kamakura period
this entity surface form: early Kamakura period
Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness period Kamakura period
subject surface form: Essays in Idleness