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The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no Yoritomo after victory in the Genpei War and appointing himself as shōgun. [9] Yoritomo governed Japan as military dictator from the eastern city of Kamakura with the emperor of Japan and his Imperial Court in the official capital city of Heian-kyō ( Kyoto ) as figureheads . [ 7 ]
Minamoto no Yoritomo (源 頼朝, May 9, 1147 – February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first ruling shogun in the history of Japan. [2]
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.
Shogun from Shogun until 1 Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199) 1192 1199 2 Minamoto no Yoriie (1182–1204) 1202 1203 3 Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192–1219) 1203 1219 4 Kujō Yoritsune (1218–1256) 1226 1244 5 Kujō Yoritsugu (1239–1256) 1244 1252 6 Prince Munetaka (1242–1274) 1252 1266 7 Prince Koreyasu (1264–1326) 1266 1289 8 Prince ...
As Yoritomo's position rose, the Samurai-dokoro began to also take on the role of a domestic administration institution. In the Kenkyū era , Wada Yoshimori, the bettō , was in charge of military affairs in general as well as domestic administration, and Kajiwara Kagetoki , a shoshi , was in charge of directing the gokenin , the basis of the ...
Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder of the Kamakura shogunate in 1192. This was the first military government in which the shogun with the samurai were the de facto rulers of Japan. Upon the consolidation of power, Minamoto no Yoritomo chose to rule in concert with the Imperial Court in Kyoto.
Sukenari was killed in battle and Tokimune set off to assassinate the shogun, Minamoto no Yoritomo, but was apprehended at the shogun's mansion. Tokimune was then questioned and executed for the crimes. There is a theory that Hōjō Tokimasa was the mastermind behind this incident and the attempted assassination on the shogun.
Gokenin vassals were descendants of former shōen owners, former peasants or former samurai who had made a name for themselves in Minamoto no Yoritomo's army during his military campaigns against the Taira clan and were rewarded after victory. [7] They and the bands of samurai they hired provided the shōgun with the military force he needed. [7]