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Kamakura period

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The 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. [1]

91 relations: Ashikaga Takauji, Battle of Dan-no-ura, Beijing, Catapult, China, Confucianism, Dōgen, East Asian Mādhyamaka, East Asian Yogācāra, Eisai, Emperor Go-Daigo, Emperor Go-Toba, Fief, Fujiwara clan, Fujiwara no Yasuhira, Goryeo, Goseibai Shikimoku, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Hōjō clan, Hōjō Tokimasa, Hōjō Yasutoki, Hōjō Yoshitoki, Hōjōki, Hōnen, Heian period, History of Japan, Inheritance, Ippen, Jōdo Shinshū, Jōdo-shū, Jōkyū War, Jitō, Kamakura, Kamakura shogunate, Kami, Kamikaze (typhoon), Kūkai, Kegon, Kenmu Restoration, Kublai Khan, Kusunoki Masashige, Kyoto, Kyushu, Mandokoro, Minamoto no Yoriie, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Mongols, Mount Hiei, Nara period, ..., Nianfo, Nichiren, Nichiren Buddhism, Nitta Yoshisada, Northern Court, Northern Fujiwara, Pure land, Rōnin, Rensho, Rinzai school, Risshū (Buddhism), Sado, Niigata, Sagami Bay, Saichō, Samurai, Samurai-dokoro, Sōtō, Shōen, Shōgun, Shikken, Shin Kokin Wakashū, Shingon Buddhism, Shinran, Shinto, Shugo, Siege of Kamakura (1333), Song dynasty, Southern Court, Taiheiki, Taira clan, Tang dynasty, Tendai, Three Ages of Buddhism, Tokugawa shogunate, Tokusō, Tsunami, Typhoon, Wokou, Yuan dynasty, Zen, 1293 Kamakura earthquake. Expand index (41 more) »

Ashikaga Takauji

was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.

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Battle of Dan-no-ura

The was a major sea battle of the Genpei War, occurring at Dan-no-ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait off the southern tip of Honshū.

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Beijing

Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.

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Catapult

A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Confucianism

Confucianism, also known as Ruism, is described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or simply a way of life.

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Dōgen

Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; 19 January 1200 – 22 September 1253), also known as Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄), Eihei Dōgen (永平道元), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師), or Busshō Dentō Kokushi (仏性伝東国師), was a Japanese Buddhist priest, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan.

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East Asian Mādhyamaka

East Asian Madhyamaka refers to the Buddhist traditions in East Asia which represent the Indian Madhyamaka system of thought.

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East Asian Yogācāra

East Asian Yogācāra ("'Consciousness Only' school" or, "'Dharma Characteristics' school") refers to the traditions in East Asia which represent the Indian Yogacara system of thought.

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Eisai

was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with bringing both the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism and green tea from China to Japan.

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Emperor Go-Daigo

Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō) (November 26, 1288 – September 19, 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō):; retrieved 2013-8-28.

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Emperor Go-Toba

(August 6, 1180 – March 28, 1239) was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty (or "in fee") in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the personal ceremonies of homage and fealty.

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Fujiwara clan

, descending from the Nakatomi clan and through them Ame-no-Koyane-no-Mikoto, was a powerful family of regents in Japan.

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Fujiwara no Yasuhira

was the fourth ruler of Northern Fujiwara in Mutsu Province, Japan, the second son of Hidehira.

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Goryeo

Goryeo (918–1392), also spelled as Koryŏ, was a Korean kingdom established in 918 by King Taejo.

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Goseibai Shikimoku

The Goseibai Shikimoku (御成敗式目) or the Formulary of Adjudications was the legal code of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan, promulgated by third shikken Hōjō Yasutoki in 1232.

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Hakata-ku, Fukuoka

is a ward of the city of Fukuoka in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Hōjō clan

The in the history of Japan was a family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333.

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Hōjō Tokimasa

was the first Hōjō shikken (regent) of the Kamakura bakufu and head of the Hōjō clan.

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Hōjō Yasutoki

Hōjō Yasutoki (1183 – July 14, 1242) was the third shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan.

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Hōjō Yoshitoki

was the second Hōjō shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan.

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Hōjōki

, variously translated as An Account of My Hut or The Ten Foot Square Hut, is an important and popular short work of the early Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan by Kamo no Chōmei.

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Hōnen

was the religious reformer and founder of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called.

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Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.

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History of Japan

The first human habitation in the Japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times.

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Inheritance

Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.

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Ippen

was a Japanese Buddhist itinerant preacher (hijiri) who founded the branch of Pure Land Buddhism.

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Jōdo Shinshū

, also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism.

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Jōdo-shū

, also known as Jōdo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen.

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Jōkyū War

, also known as the Jōkyū Disturbance or the Jōkyū Rebellion, was fought in Japan between the forces of Retired Emperor Go-Toba and those of the Hōjō clan, regents of the Kamakura shogunate, whom the retired emperor was trying to overthrow.

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Jitō

were medieval land stewards in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.

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Kamakura

is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kamakura shogunate

The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Kamakura bakufu) was a Japanese feudal military governmentNussbaum, Louis-Frédéric.

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Kami

are the spirits or phenomena that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto.

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Kamikaze (typhoon)

The were two winds or storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan.

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Kūkai

Kūkai (空海), also known posthumously as, 774–835, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, civil servant, scholar, poet, and artist who founded the Shingon or "True Word" school of Buddhism.

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Kegon

Kegon is the Japanese transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism.

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Kenmu Restoration

The (1333–1336) is the name given to both the three-year period of Japanese history between the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period, and the political events that took place in it.

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Kublai Khan

Kublai (Хубилай, Hubilai; Simplified Chinese: 忽必烈) was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Mongol Empire (Ikh Mongol Uls), reigning from 1260 to 1294 (although due to the division of the empire this was a nominal position).

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Kusunoki Masashige

was a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War, the attempt to wrest rulership of Japan away from the Kamakura shogunate and is remembered as the ideal of samurai loyalty.

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Kyoto

, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

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Mandokoro

was the chief governing body of an important family or monastic complex in ancient Japan.

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Minamoto no Yoriie

was the second shōgun (1202–1203) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and the first son of first shogun Yoritomo.

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Minamoto no Yoritomo

was the founder and the first shōgun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan.

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Minamoto no Yoshitsune

was a military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.

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Mongols

The Mongols (ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯᠴᠤᠳ, Mongolchuud) are an East-Central Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

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Mount Hiei

is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto, lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures, Japan.

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794.

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Nianfo

Nianfo (Japanese:,, Phật) is a term commonly seen in Pure Land Buddhism.

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Nichiren

Nichiren (日蓮; 16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282), born as, was a Japanese Buddhist priest who lived during the Kamakura period (1185–1333).

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Nichiren Buddhism

Nichiren Buddhism is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282) and is one of the "Kamakura Buddhism" schools.

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Nitta Yoshisada

was the head of the Nitta clan in the early fourteenth century, and supported the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the Nanboku-chō period.

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Northern Court

The, also known as the Ashikaga Pretenders or Northern Pretenders, were a set of six pretenders to the throne of Japan during the Nanboku-chō period from 1336 through 1392.

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Northern Fujiwara

The Northern Fujiwara (奥州藤原氏 Ōshū Fujiwara-shi) were a Japanese noble family that ruled the Tōhoku region (the northeast of Honshū) of Japan during the 12th century as their own realm.

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Pure land

A pure land is the celestial realm or pure abode of a buddha or bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism.

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Rōnin

A was a samurai without lord or master during the feudal period (1185–1868) of Japan.

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Rensho

The was the assistant to the shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan.

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Rinzai school

The Rinzai school (Japanese: Rinzai-shū, Chinese: 临济宗 línjì zōng) is one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (with Sōtō and Ōbaku).

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Risshū (Buddhism)

, also Ritsu school, is one of the six schools of Nara Buddhism in Japan, noted for its use of the Vinaya textual framework of the Dharmaguptaka, one of the early schools of Buddhism.

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Sado, Niigata

is a city located on in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

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Sagami Bay

lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while the island of Izu Ōshima marks the southern extent of the bay.

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Saichō

was a Japanese Buddhist monk credited with founding the Tendai school of Buddhism based on the Chinese Tiantai school he was exposed to during his trip to Tang China beginning in 804.

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Samurai-dokoro

The Samurai-dokoro (侍所 - Board of Retainers) was an office of the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.

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Sōtō

Sōtō Zen or is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku).

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Shōen

A was a field or manor in Japan.

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Shōgun

The was the military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions).

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Shikken

The was a titular post, officially a regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, or during the Kamakura period, therefore it was head of the bakufu (shogunate).

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Shin Kokin Wakashū

The, also known in abbreviated form as the or even conversationally as the Shin Kokin, is the eighth imperial anthology of waka poetry compiled by the Japanese court, beginning with the Kokin Wakashū circa 905 and ending with the Shinshokukokin Wakashū circa 1439.

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Shingon Buddhism

is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra.

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Shinran

Popular Buddhism In Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture by Esben Andreasen, pp.

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Shinto

or kami-no-michi (among other names) is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.

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Shugo

was a title, commonly translated as "(military) governor", "protector" or "constable", given to certain officials in feudal Japan.

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Siege of Kamakura (1333)

The 1333 siege of Kamakura was a battle of the Genkō War, and marked the end of the power of the Hōjō clan, which had dominated the regency of the Kamakura shogunate for over a century.

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Song dynasty

The Song dynasty (960–1279) was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279.

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Southern Court

The were a set of four emperors (Emperor Go-Daigo and his line) whose claims to sovereignty during the Nanboku-chō period spanning from 1336 through 1392 were usurped by the Northern Court.

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Taiheiki

The (Chronicle of Great Peace) is a Japanese historical epic (see gunki monogatari) written in the late 14th century and covers the period from 1319 to 1367.

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Taira clan

was a major Japanese clan of samurai.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

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Tendai

is a Mahayana Buddhist school established in Japan in the year 806 by a monk named Saicho also known as.

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Three Ages of Buddhism

The Three Ages of Buddhism, also known as the Three Ages of the Dharma, are three divisions of time following Buddha's passing in East Asian Buddhism.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the, was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1600 and 1868.

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Tokusō

was the title (post) held by the head of the mainline Hōjō clan, who also monopolized the position of shikken (regents to the shogunate) of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan during the period of Regent Rule (1199–1333).

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Tsunami

A tsunami (from 津波, "harbour wave"; English pronunciation) or tidal wave, also known as a seismic sea wave, is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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Typhoon

A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Wokou

Wokou (Japanese: Wakō; Korean: 왜구 Waegu), which literally translates to "Japanese pirates" or "dwarf pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China, Japan and Korea.

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Yuan dynasty

The Yuan dynasty, officially the Great Yuan (Yehe Yuan Ulus), was the empire or ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan.

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Zen

Zen (p; translit) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as Chan Buddhism.

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1293 Kamakura earthquake

The 1293 Kamakura earthquake in Japan occurred at about 06:00 local time on 27 May 1293.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura_period

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