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The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Hepburn: Kamakura bakufu) was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no Yoritomo after victory in the Genpei War and appointing himself as shōgun . [ 9 ]
Other names: Dai-Nichiren ... the de facto leader of the Kamakura shogunate, ... Using a dialectic form well-established in China and Japan, the treatise is a 10 ...
The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura jidai, 1185–1333) is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
The name Kamakura appears in the Kojiki of 712, [1] [2] and is also mentioned in the c. 8th century Man'yōshū [3] [4] as well as in the Wamyō Ruijushō [5] of 938. However, the city clearly appears in the historical record only with Minamoto no Yoritomo's founding of the Kamakura shogunate in 1192.
Mugaku Sogen was born in 1226 in Southern Song (during the Song dynasty; 1127–1279) and became a priest at age 11. He entered the priesthood at Ching-tz'u-ssu temple when he was just 13 years old, and soon afterward, in 1239, he visited Wu-chun Shih-fan, under whom he studied the Zen teachings.
The dragon painted on the ceiling of the Hattō. Kamakura Regent Hōjō Tokiyori was the temple's main patron during its early years. [1] The sponsorship was spiritual (he was close to a Zen master himself) [1] as well as political: the Kamakura Gozan, organization of which this temple was head, had an important role in the shogunate's organization.
The name Jōmon, meaning "cord-marked ... A later Chinese work of history, ... Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder of the Kamakura shogunate in 1192.
Hōjō Tokimune (北条 時宗, 5 June 1251 – 20 April 1284) of the Hōjō clan was the eighth shikken (officially regent of the shōgun, but de facto ruler of Japan) of the Kamakura shogunate (reigned 1268–84), known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of the Mongols and for spreading Zen Buddhism.