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New Medieval Sources online: Harvard Law Scrolls

October 23, 2009 in Early Japan (Fall 2009), Kamakura, links, not homework | No comments

Harvard University’s Law Library has put 22 Heian, Kamakura and Muromachi period documents online. The online exhibit includes a discussion by Professor Mikael Adolphson [pdf] about how to read and interpret these materials.

A very short history of the Kamakura period

September 4, 2008 in Kamakura, chronology, samurai | No comments

1180-1185: Gempei War
1185-1199: Minamoto Yoritomo in control of Kamakura government
1199: Minamoto Yoritomo dies, leaving child heir. Hojo family establishes regency
1221: Jokyu disturbance
1230s: Goseibai shikimoku promulgated
1274, 1281: Mongol invasions at Hakata
1333: Kemmu Restoration