Kamakura

Region: Japan · Coordinates: 35.309, 139.550 · 25 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 1199MasukagamiYoritomo takes the tonsure in the eastern provinces and dies on the 13th of the 1st month at age 53
AD 1213Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiBattle of Wada: Wada Yoshimori split 150 horsemen into three groups, attacked the residences of Hojo Yoshitoki and Oe no Hiromoto, and rushed toward the shogun's quarters.
AD 1213Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiOn the 2nd of the 5th month Wada Yoshimori rose in arms but was pressed by the Hojo-side army, and Yoshimori and the rest were killed.
AD 1219MasukagamiThe kugyo beheads the Naidaijin during a visit to the Kamakura Hachiman shrine
AD 1219Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiIn the 1st month, during a visit to Tsurugaoka, Kugyo killed Minamoto no Sanetomo and Minamoto no Nakaakira. The main Minamoto line came to an end.
AD 1219Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiIn the 1st month, at the Tsurugaoka shrine, Sanetomo was attacked and killed by his nephew Kugyo.
AD 1232Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiIn the 1st year of Joei, Yasutoki consulted Miyoshi Yasutsura and established the 50-article Shikimoku as the standard for judgments.
AD 1247Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiHojo Tokiyori attacked Miura Yasumura. Yasumura fled to Yoritomo's memorial hall, and over 270 of the Miura clan died.
AD 1252MasukagamiOn the 19th of the 2nd month Prince Munetaka leaves the capital for the east (Kamakura)
AD 1289MasukagamiKamakura shogun Koreyasu is driven up to Kyoto; Prince Hisaaki, who had his genpuku on the 3rd of the 10th month, enters Kamakura as shogun (arrives the 25th)
AD 1309Zoku ShigushōNews from the Kanto: the daughter of Sagami-no-kami Nyudo Sadatoki dies young; the court suspends government for five days
AD 1311Zoku ShigushōSagami-no-kami Shishi dies — reported from the Kanto
AD 1311Zoku ShigushōSagami-no-kami Nyudo Taira no Sadatoki dies — report from the Kanto
AD 1331TaiheikiToshimoto is beheaded at Katsurabaragaoka in Kamakura
AD 1333Dai Nihonshi (Great History of Japan)Nitta Yoshisada raised an army in Kōzuke, destroyed Kamakura, and Hōjō Takatoki died; the realm returned to unity.
AD 1333Masukagami5th month, day 22: Hojo Takatoki and others kill themselves; Kamakura falls
AD 1333Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiNitta Yoshisada unleashed his troops in Kamakura, and the Hojo Takatoki clan was slaughtered.
AD 1333TaiheikiNitta's army enters Kamakura's Hayagayatsu; most Hojo-side commanders reportedly die
AD 1335Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiHojo Tokiyuki rebelled and raided Kamakura; Tadayoshi was routed.
AD 1335TaiheikiHojo remnants rise (Shiro Shiga Shiro Chusendai) -- Ashikaga Tadayoshi, escorting the Shogun's Palace (Prince Nariyoshi), abandons Kamakura and withdraws
AD 1335TaiheikiOn Ashikaga Tadayoshi's orders, his retainer Fuchino Iga-no-kami kills Prince Moriyoshi (Hyobukyo Shinno) in the Kamakura dungeon
AD 1367TaiheikiKamakura's Sama-no-kami Motouji dies at 28. The text describes it as "when the pillar of the Kanto is broken, the strength of the shogunate withers"
AD 1416Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiUesugi Ujinori raised troops and surrounded Mochiuji; Mochiuji fled on horseback and entered Norimoto's residence.
AD 1439Rai Sanyō, Nihon GaishiMochiuji set fire to the pagoda of Eian-ji and took his own life together with his wife.
AD 1460Griffis, Corea, the Hermit NationJoseon's last embassy to the shogunate (Kamakura). Official exchanges between the two countries ceased afterward, and Tsushima merchants served as intermediaries.

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