bakufu

Serious political choices were made in the mid-19th century based on arguments of ‘my family was on the winning/losing side at Sekigahara and I therefore owe the Tokugawa bakufu loyalty for the reward we recieved/enmity for the reduction in my families fortunes.’

Successful Sakoku? 2004

It was only when the bakufu was gone that the shishi could evaluate the response to the new influx of Westerners on its own merits.

Successful Sakoku? 2004

The Mongol invasions no doubt spurred on Japan's nascent national consciousness and also contributed greatly to the final collapse of the Kamakura bakufu.

1224 2001

Military preparations against the Mongols seriously taxed the nation's resources, and after the two invasions the bakufu, lacking land confiscated from the enemy, was without its usual means of rewarding its vassals for their efforts.

1224 2001

Minamoto no Yoritomo, as the effective military dictator, organized the new bakufu with the aid of Kyoto scholars like e Hiromoto (1148–1225).

b. Major Events 2001

Impartial administration of justice characterized the rule of the Kamakura bakufu and was one of the chief reasons for its long duration.

b. Major Events 2001

Mongol envoys sent to Japan in 1275 and 1280 were summarily executed, and the bakufu hastily prepared defensive works in western Japan.

1224 2001

The Zen sect enjoyed the official patronage of the Kamakura bakufu and the special favor of the warrior class in general.

b. Major Events 2001

The bakufu engaged in the second Chsh expedition to punish it for extremist activities.

1866, June 25 2001

Ashikaga Takauji (1305–58), one of the two chief generals dispatched by the Hj from eastern Japan, deserted to support Godaigo, and the sudden capture of Kamakura by another prominent Hj vassal, Nitta Yoshisada (1301–38), brought the Kamakura bakufu to an end.

1224 2001