Notice his armor, weapons, and horse. The exploding item is an invention of the Mongols. Financial problems weakened the Kamakura government ... the capital for the second period in medieval Japanese ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced ... spans almost nine centuries and includes armor from the Kamakura period (1185-1333) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

and the next 150 years were thus known as the Kamakura period, an era when much of Japan's traditional culture took shape. Dozens of beautiful temples and shrines were built to ensure the ...

May is the beginning of the rice-planting season in Japan, and over time tango no ... The festival began to center on sons during the Kamakura period (1185–1333), when members of the military ...

In the seven centuries samurai ruled Japan, women played an essential role in both creating and upholding the warrior state. Aside from a brief period in the 14th century, the emperor was little ...

In the Kamakura period, markets met infrequently ... some finished art objects such as lacquerware, and swords and armor. Chinese officials regulated the trade by requiring Japanese boats to carry ...