Part of the group’s theology, though, was rooted in ancient Buddhist beliefs that had shaped mainstream Japanese society during the Kamakura period, which lasted from 1185 to 1333. Like people of that ...

This underrated city was once the capital of Japan in the Middle Ages and is now a beautiful, tourist-friendly hub with ...

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 ...

NAGAOKAKYO, Kyoto Prefecture--An 11-face Kannon Buddhist statue kept at Otokunidera temple here that stands 180 centimeters tall and dates from the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) is only the third ...

KYOTO—“Jokyu-ki Emaki,” the only known set of picture scrolls depicting the rebellion fought in the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), was found about 80 years after it went missing, the Museum of ...

As Leeson puts it: "Kamakura-era Japan was a dual polity….'Warrior rule' belongs to later eras in Japanese history." An analogy in European history would be if a military order such as the ...

"We are really excited to have it here." The collection spans almost nine centuries and includes armor from the Kamakura period (1185-1333) to the Edo period (1603-1868). The Samurai exhibit ...

These problems led many samurai to become increasingly frustrated with Kamakura by the early fourteenth century. Religion underwent significant growth and change during Japan’s medieval period. The ...