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1180 - 1185The Genpei War in Japan between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
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1183 - 1198Reign of Japan's Emperor Go-Toba.
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1183 - 1198Emperor Go-Toba reigns in Japan.
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1185 - 1333The Kamakura period in Japan.
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1185Battle of Dannoura where the Minamoto defeat the rival Taira. The young emperor Antoku drowns.
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1191The Shinto Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine is moved from Yuinogo to Kamakura, Japan by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
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1192 - 1333The Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan.
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1192 - 1199Minamoto no Yoritomo is shogun in Japan.
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1195The Todaiji temple at Nara, Japan, is restored by the Minamoto clan.
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1202 - 1203Minamoto no Yorie is shogun of Japan.
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1203 - 1219Minamoto no Sanetomo is shogun of Japan.
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1203 - 1205Hojo Tokimasa acts as regent to Japan's shogun, the first of 16 such regents
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c. 1218The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari) is first published in Japan.
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1219Hojo 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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1221The Jokyu Disturbance - Japan's emperor Go-Toba launches a failed coup against the Kamakura Shogunate.
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1225The position of vice-regent to the shogun (rensho) is created in Japan.
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1232A new law code, the Joei Code (Joei shikimoku), is established in Japan.
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1249A High Court, the Hikitsukeshu, is formed in Japan.
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1249 - 1253The Kenchoji Zen Buddhism monastery is built in Kamakura, Japan.
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1252The Kotokuin Temple with its massive bronze statue of Buddha is built at Kamakura, Japan.
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1274The first invasion of Japan by the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan fails.
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1281The second invasion of Japan by the Mongol ruler/Yuan dynasty emperor Kublai Khan fails.
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1283The Engakuji Zen Buddhist monastery is established at Kamakura, Japan by Hojo Tokimune.
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1318 - 1339Go-Daigo reigns as emperor of Japan.
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1327 - 1333Hojo Moritoki reigns as shogun in Japan, the last of the Kamakura Shogunate.
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c. 1333Nitta Yoshisada attacks and destroys Kamakura, capital of Japan's Kamakura Shogunate.
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1333 - 1336The Kenmu Restoration when the Japanese emperor Go-Daigo uses rebel warlords to oust the Kamakura Shogunate.
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1338Ashikaga Takauji becomes the new shogun in Japan, it is the beginning of the Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate.