A report on Kamakura shogunate and Emperor Go-Daigo
He successfully overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333 and established the short lived Kenmu Restoration to bring the Imperial House back into power.
- Emperor Go-DaigoThe Kamakura shogunate was overthrown in the Kenmu Restoration under Emperor Go-Daigo in 1333, re-establishing Imperial rule until Ashikaga Takauji overthrew the Imperial government and founded the Ashikaga shogunate in 1336.
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Kenmu Restoration
4 linksThree-year period of Imperial rule in Japanese history between the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period from 1333 to 1336.
Three-year period of Imperial rule in Japanese history between the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period from 1333 to 1336.
The Kenmu Restoration was an effort made by Emperor Go-Daigo to overthrow the ruling Kamakura Shogunate and restore the Imperial House to power in Japan, returning to civilian government after 148 years of de facto military government from Kamakura.
Ashikaga shogunate
4 linksThe feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.
The feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.
The Ashikaga shogunate was established when Ashikaga Takauji was appointed Shōgun after overthrowing the Kenmu Restoration shortly after having overthrown the Kamakura shogunate in support of Emperor Go-Daigo.
Shogun
4 linksThe title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.
The title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.
The end of the Kamakura shogunate came when Kamakura fell in 1333, and the Hōjō Regency was destroyed.
Determined to restore power to the Imperial Court, in 1331 Emperor Go-Daigo tried to overthrow the shogunate.
Emperor of Japan
3 linksMonarch and the head of the Imperial Family of Japan.
Monarch and the head of the Imperial Family of Japan.
Some instances, such as Emperor Go-Toba's 1221 rebellion against the Kamakura shogunate and the 1336 Kenmu Restoration under Emperor Go-Daigo, show the power struggle between the Imperial Court in Kyoto and the military governments of Japan.
Ashikaga Takauji
3 linksThe founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.
The founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.
Takauji was a general of the Kamakura shogunate sent to Kyoto in 1333 to put down the Genkō War which had started in 1331.
After becoming increasingly disillusioned with the Kamakura shogunate over time, Takauji joined the banished Emperor Go-Daigo and Kusunoki Masashige, and seized Kyoto.
Shimane Prefecture
0 linksPrefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu.
Prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu.
Later on in the Kamakura period, Kamakura shogunate forced emperors Go-Toba and Godaigo into exile in Oki.
Emperor Go-Daigo later escaped away from Oki and began rallying supporters against the shogunate, which succeeded.
Hōjō Takatoki
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Hōjō Takatoki (北条 高時) was the last Tokusō and ruling Shikken (regent) of Japan's Kamakura shogunate; the rulers that followed were his puppets.
That same year, the shogunal government asked Emperor Go-Daigo to abdicate in favor of his successor, in order to continue the tradition of cloistered rule and the alternation of branches of the Imperial family within the line of succession; Go-Daigo chose to maintain rule, and the ensuing controversy would lead to the Nanboku-chō Wars in which agents of the two Imperial branch families would come to outright war.
Tōshō-ji
0 linksThe Hōjō clan's family temple (bodaiji) in Kamakura during the Kamakura period.
The Hōjō clan's family temple (bodaiji) in Kamakura during the Kamakura period.
According to the Taiheiki, from its foundation until the end of the Kamakura shogunate every regent (shikken) was buried there.
Ashikaga Takauji, the first of the Ashikaga shōguns, was ordered by Emperor Go-Daigo to transfer the temple and the Hōjō's remains to a new location, renaming it Hōkai-ji.