Kamakura shogunate was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333.
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10 Facts About Kamakura shogunate
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Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no Yoritomo after victory in the Genpei War and appointing himself as shogun.
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The Kamakura shogunate shoguns were members of the Minamoto clan until 1226, the Fujiwara clan until 1252, and the last six were minor princes of the imperial family.
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The Kamakura shogunate saw the Jokyu War in 1221 and the Mongol invasions of Japan under Kublai Khan in 1274 and 1281.
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The Kamakura shogunate was overthrown in the Kenmu Restoration under Emperor Go-Daigo in 1333, re-establishing Imperial rule until Ashikaga Takauji overthrew the imperial government and founded the Ashikaga shogunate in 1336.
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The Kamakura shogunate had rejected Kublai's demands to submit with contempt.
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Two further decades the Kamakura shogunate maintained a watch in case the Mongols attempted another invasion.
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In 1331, Emperor Go-Daigo took arms against Kamakura shogunate, but was defeated by Kamakura shogunate's Ashikaga Takauji and exiled to Oki Island, in today's Shimane Prefecture.
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Kamakura shogunate functioned within the framework of the Heian system of Imperial rule.
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Kamakura shogunate appointed stewards, or jito, to positions in the manors .
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