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...
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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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Look up Kamakura in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kamakura is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Named after the city are: Kamakura period (c.1192–1333)...
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Kōtoku-in (redirect from Kamakura Great Buddha)
Kōtoku-in (高徳院) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Taiizan (大異山), and...
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Kamakura Museum may refer to: Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Annex Kamakura Museum of Literature Kamakura...
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of Japan during the Kamakura period when Kamakura was the de facto capital and largest city of Japan as the seat of the Kamakura shogunate from 1185 to...
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History of Japan (redirect from Kamakura–Muromachi period)
seizing power, Yoritomo set up his capital in Kamakura and took the title of shōgun. In 1274 and 1281, the Kamakura shogunate withstood two Mongol invasions...
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Hōjō clan (redirect from Regents of the Kamakura shogunate)
family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333. Despite the title, in practice the family...
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Kamakura (かまくら or カマクラ) is a type of traditional snow dome or quinzhee in snowy regions of Japan. Kamakura may also refer to the various ceremonial winter...
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Shogun (section Kamakura shogunate (1185–1333))
usually the de facto rulers of the country, except during parts of the Kamakura period and Sengoku period when the shoguns themselves were figureheads...
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Kamakura-gū (鎌倉宮) is a shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was erected by Emperor Meiji in 1869 to enshrine the spirit of Prince Morinaga...
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ruler of the Kamakura shogunate. Tokiyuki had fought against both the Imperial forces and those of the Ashikaga in order to save the Kamakura shogunate,...
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the defected Kamakura general Ashikaga Takauji and rebel leader Nitta Yoshisada, defeated the Kamakura Shogunate at the siege of Kamakura in 1333. The...
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Kamakura-bori (鎌倉彫) is a form of lacquerware from Kamakura, Japan. It is made by carving patterns in wood, then lacquering it with layers of color. It...
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Buddhism in Japan (redirect from Kamakura Buddhism)
Buddhists belong to new schools of Buddhism which were established in the Kamakura period (1185-1333). During the Edo (Tokugawa)-period (1603–1868), Buddhism...
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Kamakura Corporation is a global financial software company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. It specializes in software and data for risk management...
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The city of Kamakura, in what is now Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture, was besieged twice: Siege of Kamakura (1333) Siege of Kamakura (1526) This disambiguation...
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Japan's first shogunate in Kamakura under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself as Shōgun in 1192, ushering in the Kamakura period (1192–1333 AD) of...
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Minamoto no Yoritomo (category Kamakura shōguns)
1147 – February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate and of Japan, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first ruling...
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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...
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Shishio. 13th century, Kamakura period. Important Cultural Property. Tokyo National Museum. Hyogo gusari tachi. 13th century, Kamakura period. Important Cultural...
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called the Hase-kannon (長谷観音) is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue...
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The Kamakura-fu (鎌倉府, Kamakura government) or Kantō-fu (関東府, Kantō government) was a regional government installed in Kamakura, in today's Kanagawa Prefecture...
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Gionzan An’yō-in Chōraku-ji (祇園山安養院長楽寺) is a Jōdo shū Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. Famous for its rhododendrons, it was named after its...
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military and administrative officers, the samurai truly emerged during the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from c.1185 to 1333. They became the ruling political...
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overthrowing the Kenmu Restoration shortly after it had overthrown the Kamakura shogunate in support of Emperor Go-Daigo. The Ashikaga clan governed Japan...
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Godzilla (franchise) (redirect from Kamakuras)
Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira) is a Japanese monster, or kaiju, media franchise consisting of films, television series, novels, comic books...
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Etsuko Kamakura (鎌倉悦子, Kamakura Etsuko, born 1914, date of death unknown) was a Japanese diver. She competed in two events at the 1932 Summer Olympics...
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Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa (鎌倉権五郎景政) (born 1069) was a samurai descended from the Taira clan, who fought for the Minamoto clan in the Gosannen War of Japan's...
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