Jōkyū War
承久の乱
Event · rebellion · 1221 · Kyoto, Japan
The retired emperor Go-Toba’s attempt to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate failed: the Hōjō regents crushed his Jōkyū Rebellion in 12211, and the warriors’ rule over the court was settled for a century2. Mason 2005, pp. 102–103, 180–181. ↩ Ebd., pp. 198–199. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.