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Kamakura Bakufu:
Minamoto no Yoritomo defeats Taira forces; emperor designates title Seii tai sh™gun.
Bakufu claimed military monopoly, but shared power with old imperial court.
     = Warrior bands grew increasingly unruly.
     1274, 1281 warrior bands repelled Mongol invasions, but got little recompense.
Sanetomo (1192-1219) third Kamakura shogun:
     1219 assassinated: three hundred retainers become yosutebito

Religious Leaders:
1200-1253 D™gen: founds S™t™ sect of Zen at Eiheiji
1237-1319 Taa: founds Yugy™ sect, within Ji sect.
1239-1289 Ippen: founds Jish˛ sect of J™d™ Buddhism.

Literary Figures:
1090-1155 Fujiwara Akisue: founds Rokuj™ School of poetry
1114-1204 Fujiwara Shunzei: Mikohidari School of poetry
1118-1189 Saigy™ : tanka, travel poetry, benefactor ex-emp Sutoku (d.1164)
1149-1202 Michichika: Rokuj™ School
     1180 Takakura-in Itsukushima gok™ ki: Takakura-in pilgrimage to Itsukushima Shrine
     ?? record of death of Takakura-in
     = convinces Gotoba to wage war against Yoritomo's bakufu.
c.1210 Poetic Debates: Rokujo poets vs. Mikohidari house
          Rokujo: (Fujiwara Akisue)
          Mikohidari: (Fujiwara Shunzei)
1155-1216 Kamo no Ch™mei:
     Mumy™sh™
     1212 H™j™ki: autobiog. essay on natural disasters, leaving capital to live in hut.
1162-1241 Fujiwara Teika: son of Shunzei;
     ?? Hyakunin isshu: compilation of 100 classical poems.
     1201? Gotoba no In kumano gok™ ki: 1201 journey with ex-Emp Gotoba to Kumano Shrine.
     ?? Kuj™ faction evicted from entourage of Gotoba-in, because of sympathies with Kamakura.
1198-1275 Fujiwara Tameie: Reizei school
????-???? Abutsu: second wife of Fujiwara Tameie
     ???? Izayoi nikki
     1280 Abutsu (Izayoi nikki) goes to Kamakura to sue for Tameie's estate to go to her sons.
1236-1309 Asukai Masayasu: Nij™ school
     1499 Fuji rekiran ki: journey with Emperor Gotsuchimikado to Mt. Fuji
1241-1302 Asukai Masaari: Nij™ school, wrote travelogues
1258-???? Lady Nij™ : Rokuj™ school; daughter of Masatada, descendant of Michichika,
     1271-1306 Towazugatari
13??-???? Yoshida Kenkoo: Tsurezuregusa: essays of aesthetics
1390-1452 Asukai Masayo: Nij™ school
     1432 Fuji kik™: on Ashikaga Yoshinori's journey to Mt. Fuji.

Mongols attempt Kyushu Invasion:
1274 Mongols attack northern Kyushu (first attack): typhoons repel invasion
1281 Mongols attack northern Kyushu (second attack): typhoons repel invasion

1333-1338 Restoration of Imperial Rule: no Shogun during this period
1336 Dispute over Imperial Succession