1192-1333 Kamakura : The Zen sect is introduced.
Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed shogun and establishes the Kamakura government.
The Jokyu Disturbance ends a struggle between Kamakura and Kyoto resulting in the supremacy of the Hojo regents in Kamakura.
A legal code, the Joei Shikimoku, is promulgated.
The Mongols try to invade Japan twice (1274, 1281), but fail mainly because of bad weather conditions.
The Kamakura bakufu falls.