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.. The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no Yoritomo after victory in the Genpei War and appointing himself as shōgun. Yoritomo governed Japan as military dictator from the eastern …

Shogun (将軍, shōgun, Japanese: [ɕoːɡɯɴ] (); English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ ʌ n / SHOH-gun), officially Sei-i Taishōgun (征夷大将軍, "Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians"), was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto …

Note: there are different shogun titles. For example, Kose no Maro had the title of Mutsu Chintō Shōgun (陸奥鎮東将軍, lit."Great General of Subduing Mutsu"). Ki no Kosami had the title of Seitō Taishōgun (征東大将軍, lit."Commander-in-chief for the pacification of the East") in 789 which is less important than Sei-i Taishōgun. Ōtomo no Otomaro was the first person who was ...

生涯. 第6代将軍宗尊親王の嫡男として相模 鎌倉に生まれる。 文永3年（1266年）7月、父が廃されて京都に送還されたことに伴い、3歳で征夷大将軍に就任した。 親王宣下がなされず惟康王と呼ばれていたが、征夷大将軍に就任した後に臣籍降下して源姓を賜与され、源惟康と名乗る（後 …

The following is a family tree of the emperors of Japan, from the legendary Emperor Jimmu to the present monarch, Naruhito.. Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors; Kōgen's descendant, Emperor Sujin (98 BC – 30 BC?), is the first for whom many agree that he might have actually existed. These monarchs are regarded by historians …

Major military efforts were taken by Kublai Khan of the Yuan dynasty in 1274 and 1281 to conquer the Japanese archipelago after the submission of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo to vassaldom.Ultimately a failure, the invasion attempts are of macro-historical importance because they set a limit on Mongol expansion and rank as nation-defining events in the history of Japan.

Minamoto no Yoritomo (源 頼朝, May 9, 1147 – February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1192 until 1199. He was the husband of Hōjō Masako who acted as regent after his death.. Yoritomo was the son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo and belonged to Seiwa Genji's prestigious Kawachi Genji family. . After setting …

Minamoto (源) was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility from 1192 to 1333. The practice was most prevalent during the Heian period (794–1185 AD), although its last occurrence was during the Sengoku period.The Taira were …

Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (坂上 田村麻呂, 758 – June 17, 811) was a court noble, general and shōgun of the early Heian period of Japan.He served as Dainagon, Minister of War and Ukon'e no Taisho (Major Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards). He held the kabane of Ōsukune and the court rank of Junior Second Rank and was awarded the Order of Second …

Siogun (jap. 将軍 shōgun) – wódz naczelny, generał, zwierzchnik sił zbrojnych, generalissimus.Słowo shōgun jest skróconą wersją pierwotnego tytułu oficjalnego sei’i-taishōgun (jap. 征夷大将軍 sei’i-taishōgun; dosł. „głównodowodzący wojsk ekspedycyjnych przeciwko barbarzyńcom” lub „generalissimus do podboju (ujarzmienia) barbarzyńców”).