1180 CE - 1185 CE: The Genpei War in Japan between the Taira and Minamoto clans.

1183 CE - 1198 CE: Reign of Japan's Emperor Go-Toba.

1183 CE - 1198 CE: Emperor Go-Toba reigns in Japan.

1185 CE - 1333 CE: The Kamakura period in Japan.

1185 CE: Battle of Dannoura where the Minamoto defeat the rival Taira. The young emperor Antoku drowns.

1191 CE: The Shinto Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine is moved from Yuinogo to Kamakura, Japan by Minamoto no Yoritomo.

1192 CE - 1333 CE: The Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan.

1192 CE - 1199 CE: Minamoto no Yoritomo is shogun in Japan.

1195 CE: The Todaiji temple at Nara, Japan, is restored by the Minamoto clan.

1202 CE - 1203 CE: Minamoto no Yorie is shogun of Japan.

1203 CE - 1219 CE: Minamoto no Sanetomo is shogun of Japan.

1203 CE - 1205 CE: Hojo Tokimasa acts as regent to Japan's shogun, the first of 16 such regents

1218 CE: The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari) is first published in Japan.

1219 CE: Hojo Masako and Hojo Tokimasa take over as regents for the Japanese shogun, thus permanently transferring power from the Minamoto to Hojo clans.

1221 CE: The Jokyu Disturbance - Japan's emperor Go-Toba launches a failed coup against the Kamakura Shogunate.

1225 CE: The position of vice-regent to the shogun (rensho) is created in Japan.

1232 CE: A new law code, the Joei Code (Joei shikimoku), is established in Japan.

1249 CE: A High Court, the Hikitsukeshu, is formed in Japan.

1249 CE - 1253 CE: The Kenchoji Zen Buddhism monastery is built in Kamakura, Japan.

1252 CE: The Kotokuin Temple with its massive bronze statue of Buddha is built at Kamakura, Japan.

1274 CE: The first invasion of Japan by the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan fails.

1281 CE: The second invasion of Japan by the Mongol ruler/Yuan dynasty emperor Kublai Khan fails.

1283 CE: The Engakuji Zen Buddhist monastery is established at Kamakura, Japan by Hojo Tokimune.

1318 CE - 1339 CE: Go-Daigo reigns as emperor of Japan.

1327 CE - 1333 CE: Hojo Moritoki reigns as shogun in Japan, the last of the Kamakura Shogunate.

1333 CE: Nitta Yoshisada attacks and destroys Kamakura, capital of Japan's Kamakura Shogunate.

1333 CE - 1336 CE: The Kenmu Restoration when the Japanese emperor Go-Daigo uses rebel warlords to oust the Kamakura Shogunate.

1338 CE: Ashikaga Takauji becomes the new shogun in Japan, it is the beginning of the Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate.