Kamakura shogunate

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The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕, Kamakura bakufu) was a feudal Japanese feudal military government.^[1] The heads of government were the shoguns.^[2] The first three were members of the Minamoto clan.^[3] The next two were members of the Fujiwara clan.^[4] The last six were minor Imperial princes.^[1]

These years are known as the Kamakura period. The period takes its name from the city where the Minamoto shoguns lived.^[1]

After 1203, the Hōjō clan held the office of Shikken.^[5] In effect, the shikken governed in the name of the shoguns.^[6]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
2. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 878–879. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
3. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 632–633. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
4. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
5. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 339–340. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
6. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 857. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.