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1185–1333

Kamakura

The Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333) — Japan's first warrior-led government, the Mongol invasions, and the rise of the Hōjō.

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Hōjō Tokimune
The young regent who held off the Mongols twice — and broke the Kamakura Bakufu doing it

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The Divine Wind: Why Hōjō Tokimune Could Not Pay His Soldiers After Defeating the Mongols
In 1274 and again in 1281, Hōjō Tokimune defended Japan against the largest seaborne invasion forces of the pre-modern world. The defenses worked. The typhoons came. Japan survived. The bakufu was broken anyway, because there were no spoils to give the warriors who had won.

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