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1180
The Genpei War in Japan between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
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1183
Reign of Japan's Emperor Go-Toba.
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1185
Emperor Go-Toba reigns in Japan.
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1185
Battle of Dannoura where the Minamoto defeat the rival Taira. The young emperor Antoku drowns.
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1191
the shinto tsurugaoka hachiman
shrine is moved from yuinogo -
1192
the kamakura shogunate
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1192
minamoto no yerie is shotgun in japan
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1195
the todaiji temple
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1203
minamoto no sanetomo
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1203
hojo tokimasa
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1218
the tale of the heike
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1219
Hojo Masako and Hojo Tokimasa take over as regents for the Japanese shogun, thus permanently transferring power from the Minamoto to Hojo clans.
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1221
The Jokyu Disturbance - Japan's emperor Go-Toba launches a failed coup against the Kamakura Shogunate.
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1225
The position of vice-regent to the shogun (rensho) is created in Japan.
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1232
A new law code, the Joei Code (Joei shikimoku), is established in Japan.
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1247
A High Court, the Hikitsukeshu, is formed in Japan.
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1249
The Kenchoji Zen Buddhism monastery is built in Kamakura, Japan.
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1249
The Kotokuin Temple with its massive bronze statue of Buddha is built at Kamakura, Japan.
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1274
The first invasion of Japan by the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan fails.
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1279
The second invasion of Japan by the Mongol ruler/Yuan dynasty emperor Kublai Khan fails.
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1281
The Engakuji Zen Buddhist monastery is established at Kamakura, Japan by Hojo Tokimune.
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1318
Go-Daigo reigns as emperor of Japan.
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1327
Hojo Moritoki reigns as shogun in Japan, the last of the Kamakura Shogunate.
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1330
Nitta Yoshisada attacks and destroys Kamakura, capital of Japan's Kamakura Shogunate.
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1333
The Kenmu Restoration when the Japanese emperor Go-Daigo uses rebel warlords to oust the Kamakura Shogunate.
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1335
Ashikaga Takauji becomes the new shogun in Japan, it is the beginning of the Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate.