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Mongol ships. Japanese attack ships. Moko Shurai Ekotoba, 1291. Qubilai’s expeditions against Japan, finally wrecked by the famous kamikaze (divine wind), became great burdens on Mongol-ruled China and Korea. By the 13th century the military government in Kamakura (1185–1333), dominated by the Hojo family, had removed the emperor in Kyoto from actual administration. Japan had […]

Second Mongol Invasion of Japan In 1185 Minamoto no Yoritomo was the most powerful figure in the land. However, he neither sought the throne for himself or his descendants, nor tried to destroy it. Instead, he sought from the court legitimisation of his power through the title seii tai-shōgun (‘barbarian-subduing great general’), generally abbreviated to […]