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