In about a kilometer, the Buddhist temple Kenchōji, one of the Gozan—the five great Zen temples of the Kamakura period (1185–1333)—comes into view. Stepping through the Sōmon, the outer ...

Ghost of Tsushima is set in the year 1274, during the Kamakura period, while Ghost of Yotei is set in 1603, during the Edo period. The Sengoku period, however, lasted from 1467-1568, and marks one ...

The Heian period (794-1185) was followed by 700 years of warrior governments—the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Tokugawa. The civil government at the imperial court continued, but the real rulers of the ...

Kublai twice attempted to invade Japan during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333). Japanese and Mongol forces fought the Battle of Bunei in 1274 and the Battle of Koan in 1281 in northern Kyushu.

This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...