JAPAN 50 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Kyoto, Japan, Yamagata Aritomo
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Main events (late heian: hogen conflict (1156, heiji conflict (1159, genpei wars (1180-1185) Kamakura period facts (cid:862)kamakura(cid:863) is the city in eastern japan. Location of the military government: dates: 1185-1333. Main events of kamakura period: yoritomo"s death (1199, hojo clan rules kamakura (1199-1333) Jokyu disturbance (1221); emperor go-toba rebellion: emperor go-toba stages a rebellion against hojo but fails. Joei code (1232): first codification of warrior law. Kamakura period power: system of dual government, kyoto and kamakura. Outside of the elite: farming peasants, foragers, hunters, fisherman, guilds (craftsmen, musicians, etc, outcaste groups. Influenced by mappo thought: practice: exclusive recitation of the title of the lotus sutra, compare with pure land movements, focus on japan. Muromachi facts: muromachi = area of kyoto for the new bakufu ashikaga shogunate (1336-1573, gradual decentralization, land rights of absentee landlords greatly reduced, emergence of daimyo, onin war (1467-1477) : fall of ashikaga shogunate.
