The time in which Nichiren Daishonin made his advent is known in Japanese history as the Kamakura era. An age of warrior class domination, this era began in 1185 when Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-1199) defeated the ruling Taira clan in the Gempei War and ascended to Shogun (military and political dictator). He established the first Shogunate (military government) in the eastern city of Kamakura, and thus issued in the Kamakura era.
Marked by violence and conflict, the Kamakura era endured until 1333 when Emperor Go-Daigo launched a successful revolt against the Kamakura Shogunate and reestablished imperial rule in the central city of Kyoto. |
