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    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...
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    Kamakura (鎌倉, Kamakura, [kamakɯɾa] ) officially Kamakura City (鎌倉市, Kamakura-shi) is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kanto...
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  • The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Hepburn: Kamakura bakufu) was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333...
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  • was a military commander active from the late Kamakura period to the Northern and Southern Courts period. He is said to have been the chief of Suwa Taisha...
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    era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kenji and before Shōō. This period spanned the years from February 1278 through April 1288. The reigning emperors...
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    relative economic prosperity, which had begun in the Kamakura period, continued well into the Muromachi period. By 1450 Japan's population stood at ten million...
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    former-Emperor Go-Uda is elevated as the heir apparent under the direction of the Kamakura shogunate. 1308 (Enkyō 1, 10th month): Kujō Moronori resigns his position...
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    today. Samurai in this period referred to the Fifth (go-i) and Sixth Ranks (roku-i) of the court ranks. During the Kamakura period, the definition of samurai...
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    name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Ken'ei and before Kenryaku. This period spanned the years from October 1207 through March 1211. The reigning emperors...
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    the Kamakura period (1185-1333). During the Edo (Tokugawa)-period (1603–1868), Buddhism was controlled by the feudal Shogunate. The Meiji-period (1868–1912)...
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