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Kenmu (建武) was a Japanese era name of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Shōkei and before Ryakuō. Although Kemmu is understood by the Southern Court as having begun at the same time, the era was construed to have begun after Genkō and before Engen .
The Kenmu Restoration was ultimately overthrown when Takauji became Shōgun and founded the Ashikaga Shogunate in 1336, beginning the "Northern and Southern Courts" period and the Muromachi period. [2] The Kenmu Restoration was the last time the Emperor of Japan held significant power until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. [2]
The Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration (建武中興十五社, Kenmu chūko jūgosha) are a group of Shinto shrines dedicated to individuals and events of the Kenmu Restoration. Shrine Name Commemoration
In 1333, when the Southern Emperor Go-Daigo staged the Kenmu Restoration and revolted against the Kamakura shogunate, the shōgun responded by declaring Emperor Kōgon, Go-Daigo's second cousin once removed and the son of an earlier emperor, Emperor Go-Fushimi of the Jimyōin-tō, as the new emperor.
Pages in category "Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Emperor Kanmu (桓武天皇, Kammu-tennō, 735 – 9 April 806), or Kammu, was the 50th emperor of Japan, [1] according to the traditional order of succession. [2] Kammu reigned from 781 to 806, and it was during his reign that the scope of the emperor's powers reached its peak. [3]
Genkō (元弘) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") of the Southern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Gentoku and before Kenmu.This period spanned the years from August 1331 through January 1334. [1]
The period marks the governance of the Muromachi or Ashikaga shogunate (Muromachi bakufu or Ashikaga bakufu), which was officially established in 1338 by the first Muromachi shōgun, Ashikaga Takauji, two years after the brief Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336) of imperial rule was brought to a close.