Kamakura Period - Events

Events

  • 1185: the rival Taira clan is defeated at sea at the Battle of Dannoura by Yoritomo's brother Minamoto Yoshitsune,
  • 1192: The emperor appoints Yoritomo as shogun (military leader) with a residence in Kamakura, establishing the bakufu system of government
  • 1199: Minamoto Yoritomo dies
  • 1207: Hōnen and his followers are exiled from Kyoto or executed. This inadvertently spread the Pure Land doctrine to a wider audience.
  • 1221: The Kamakura army defeats the imperial army in the Jōkyū Disturbance, thereby asserting the supremacy of the Kamakura shogunate (Hōjō regents) over the emperor
  • 1227: The Sōtō sect of Zen Buddhism is introduced to Japan by the monk Dōgen Zenji
  • 1232: The Jōei Shikimoku code of law is promulgated to enhance control by the Hōjō regents
  • 1274: The Mongols of Kublai Khan try to invade Japan but are repelled by a typhoon.
  • 1274: Nichiren is banished to Sado Island
  • 1293: On May 27, a major earthquake and tsunami hit Sagami Bay and Kamakura, killing 23,034 people. It followed a 1241 and 1257 earthquake/tsunami in the same general area, which both were magnitude 7.0.
  • 1333: Nitta Yoshisada conquers and destroys Kamakura during the Siege of Kamakura ending the Kamakura Shogunate.

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