Japanese History: The Kamakura Period (1192-1333), Pt. 1 (Rise of the Hōjō)

#samurai #shogun #medievalhistory
Part 12 of "Japanese History: The Textbook," a historical documentary series based entirely on Japanese-language educational materials. This time, we take a look at the beginning of the Kamakura period and the rise of the warrior government which gives this era its name. Topics covered include the Genpei War, the founding of the Kamakura Shogunate, the rise of the Hojo clan and their gradual takeover of the shogunate, the assassination of Minamoto no Sanetomo, and the Jôkyû War.

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Sites mentioned in this video:
Kamakura (https://www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp...)
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine (https://www.hachimangu.or.jp/en/)

Music:
Dova Syndrome (https://dova-s.jp/) (Artists: Hata Akira (秦暁), MAKOOTO, Tanaka Yoshinori (田中芳典), Shimizu Yusuke (清水裕介))
Otowabi (https://otowabi.com/)
Peritune (https://peritune.com)
SHW (https://shw.in/sozai/)
Opening and ending beats by me (Buyuuden)

Graphics: Vecteezy (https://www.vecteezy.com/video/356523...)

Map information based on maps from Sekai no Rekishi Mappu (https://sekainorekisi.com/)

Main Information Sources:
高校日本史B (Jikkyo Shuppan)
新選日本史B (Tokyo Shoseki)
日本史：「なぜ」と「流れ」がわかる本 (Toshin Books)
詳説：日本史研究（改訂版）(Yamakawa Shuppansha)

Supplemental Information Sources:
図説：鎌倉幕府 (Ebisu-Kosyo Publication)
北条氏の時代 (Hongô Kazuto)
源頼朝：東国を選んだ武家の貴公子（Takahashi Noriyuki）

Images from:
The National Diet Library Digital Collections (https://dl.ndl.go.jp/)
The Waseda University Library (https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotensek...)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Library (https://www.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/)
Colbase (https://colbase.nich.go.jp/?locale=ja)
Penn Libraries (http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/fish...)
The Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works (http://kotenseki.nijl.ac.jp/?ln=ja)
The Hiroshima University Library (http://dc.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/text/)
Photo AC (https://www.photo-ac.com/)
Illust AC (https://www.ac-illust.com/)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The British Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Kyoto University, National Institute of Japanese Literature
Google Earth
Some images from books I own