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The Kamakura period is a division of Japanese history running from
approximately 1185 to 1333 AD. The period marks the governance of the
Kamakura Shogunate that was officially established in 1192 by the first
Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo.
The Kamakura period ended in 1333 with the destruction of the
Shogunate and the short reestablishment of imperial rule under the Emperor
Go-Daigo by Ashikaga Takauji, Nitta Yoshisada, and Kusunoki Masashige.
The Kamakura period is also said to be the beginning of the Japanese
Middle Ages which also includes the Muromachi period and the beginning of
the Japanese Feudal Period which lasted until the Meiji Restoration.
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