Feudal Japan
... once imperial powers in Heian have no more power Leader Minamoto Yoritomo ruled from the city of Kamakura, therefore Japan’s first feudal period is called the Kamakura period He became the Shogun of Japan, because the Emperor could not be replaced, the Shogun held all of the power ...
... once imperial powers in Heian have no more power Leader Minamoto Yoritomo ruled from the city of Kamakura, therefore Japan’s first feudal period is called the Kamakura period He became the Shogun of Japan, because the Emperor could not be replaced, the Shogun held all of the power ...
End Of Japanese Samurai
... from Zen Buddhism and Confucianism. In its fullest expression the code emphasized loyalty to one's superior, personal honor, and the virtues of austerity, self-sacrifice, and indifference to pain. For the warrior, commerce and the profit motive were to be scorned. The code was first formulated in th ...
... from Zen Buddhism and Confucianism. In its fullest expression the code emphasized loyalty to one's superior, personal honor, and the virtues of austerity, self-sacrifice, and indifference to pain. For the warrior, commerce and the profit motive were to be scorned. The code was first formulated in th ...
Mongol invasions of Japan
The Mongol invasions of Japan (元寇, Genkō), which took place in 1274 and 1281, were major military efforts undertaken by Kublai Khan to conquer the Japanese archipelago after the submission of Goryeo (Korea) to vassaldom. Ultimately a failure, the invasion attempts are of macro-historical importance because they set a limit on Mongol expansion and rank as nation-defining events in the history of Japan.The Mongol invasions are an early example of early modern warfare. One of the most notable technological innovations during the war was the use of explosive, hand-thrown bombs.The invasions are referred to in many works of fiction, and are the earliest events for which the word kamikaze ""divine wind"" is widely used, referring to the two typhoons faced by the Mongol fleets.Prior to the occupation of Japan at the end of World War II, these failed invasion attempts were the closest Japan had come to being conquered by a foreign power in 1500 years.