The revolt of the emperor Go-Daigo and ensuing factional struggles led to the downfall of its bakufu, or military administration.
The revolt of the emperor Go-Daigo and ensuing factional struggles led to the downfall of its bakufu, or military administration. For the majority of its rule members of the Hojo family wielded power. It had originated under the rule of Minamoto Yoritomo and was named for his capital city. During it, seppuku, or ritual suicide by disembowelment by emerged, and the new faith sects of True Pure Land and Nichiren Buddhism appeared and grew quickly. In addition, this period saw the defeat of two attempted Mongol invasions with the aid of the "divine wind" of typhoons that decimated the Mongol fleet. FTP, what was this first Japanese shogunate, ruling from 1193 to 1333?
The revolt of the emperor Go-Daigo and ensuing factional struggles led to the downfall of its bakufu, or military administration.
Kamakura period