Genkō War

The 1331–1333 conflict in which Emperor Go-Daigo’s supporters overthrew the Kamakura shogunate, ending its rule over Japan.

Emperor Go-Daigo: The Japanese emperor who led efforts to restore direct imperial rule and helped bring down the Kamakura shogunate. His campaigns and political program gave the uprising its imperial cause.
Kamakura shogunate: Japan’s military government from 1185 or 1192 until 1333, headed by the shogun and based in Kamakura. The war began as a challenge to this government’s authority.
Kenmu Restoration: The period of direct imperial government established by Emperor Go-Daigo after the Kamakura shogunate fell. It was the immediate and unstable outcome of the war.
Jōkyū War: A 1221 conflict in which retired Emperor Go-Toba’s forces failed to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate. It was an earlier failed imperial challenge to the same military government.
Ashikaga Takauji: A Japanese military commander who defected from the Kamakura shogunate and founded the Ashikaga shogunate. His defection turned a regional rebellion into a decisive assault on Kamakura authority.
Kemmu Restoration: Go-Daigo’s short-lived attempt, beginning in 1333, to govern Japan directly through the imperial court. It was the political project the rebellion aimed to establish.
Nanboku-chō period: A period of Japanese history from 1336 to 1392, when rival Northern and Southern imperial courts competed for legitimacy. The postwar split grew from conflict over Go-Daigo’s authority and succession.
Genpei War: A conflict from 1180 to 1185 that ended with the Taira clan’s defeat and helped establish warrior government in Japan. It marks the rise of the military order that the Genkō War brought down.
Nitta Yoshisada: A Japanese warrior who led forces against the Kamakura shogunate and helped destroy its seat of power. His attack on Kamakura in 1333 delivered the shogunate’s final defeat.
Hōjō clan: A Japanese warrior family that dominated the Kamakura shogunate as regents for much of its history. The clan’s regency concentrated power and made its defeat central to the revolt.

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