Kamakura Shogunate

State · 1188–1332 CE · at its largest around 1192 CE

Japan's first military government, established by Minamoto no Yoritomo at Kamakura; it repelled the Mongol invasions of 1274 and 1281 and was overthrown in 1333.

On its lands while it lasted

• Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147 CE – 1199 CE): Founder of the Kamakura shogunate, the first shogunate of Japan.
• Kamakura shogunate (1192–1333 CE): First military government of Japan, based at Kamakura.
• Mongol invasions of Japan (1274–1281 CE): Kublai Khan twice sent fleets from Korea (and in 1281 also from southern China) via Tsushima and Iki to Hakata Bay; both invasions failed, the second destroyed by a typhoon remembered as the kamikaze.

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