Appointment of Minamoto no Yoritomo as shōgun
Event · appointment · 1192 · Kamakura, Japan
Minamoto no Yoritomo was appointed shōgun (sei-i taishōgun) in 11921 — the older date for the beginning of the Kamakura period, still used by the Tokyo National Museum2. Mason 2005, pp. 166–167. ↩ Wikipedia, Kamakura period, “In the past, the most popular theory was that the year was 1192, when Minamoto no Yoritomo was appointed Seii Taishōgun”. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005. Wikipedia, Kamakura period: Anon., Kamakura period, in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura_period (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026).