The tradition is said to have been started more than 800 years ago by the samurai Minamoto no Yoritomo, who established the first shogunate in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. It has continued to ...

The rebellion, known as the Jokyu Incident, was led by Retired Emperor Go-Toba against Hojo Yoshitoki, the regent of the Kamakura Shogunate, in 1221, the third year of Jokyu. Go-Toba’s forces ...

The mother of Hojo Tokiyori (1227-1263), a regent of the Kamakura Shogunate, busied herself with ... to him that his customers and car lovers were the first people to whom he owed his deepest ...