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Kamakura shogunate鎌倉幕府

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After defeating the Taira, Minamoto no Yoritomo set up a military government at Kamakura while the emperor stayed in Kyoto. Hōjō regents ran it after Yoritomo's death in 1199. It faced two Mongol invasions, in 1274 and 1281, and fell in 1333 when rebels took Kamakura.

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  1. Minamoto forces defeat the Taira at Dan-no-ura, ending the Genpei War

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  2. The court names Minamoto no Yoritomo seii taishōgun, the title that gives the shogunate its name

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  3. Retired Emperor Go-Toba rises against the Hōjō regent and loses within a month; the shogunate's hold on the Kyoto court grows

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  4. The Hōjō regents issue the Jōei Code, Japan's first military law code

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  5. A Mongol, Chinese and Korean force lands at Hakata in northern Kyushu, then withdraws

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  6. A second, much larger Mongol fleet fights in northern Kyushu until a typhoon wrecks it

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  7. Nitta Yoshisada's army takes Kamakura and the Hōjō regime falls

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