Minamoto

Important events in Kamakura would probably be the appointment of the first shogun, Minamoto Yoritomo. This also was the beginning of the samurai warriors.

During the first half of the 900s, China experienced significant political changes with the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the rise of the Song Dynasty. In Japan, this period marked the end of the Heian period and the emergence of the Kamakura period with the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate.

Kamakura-gū was created in 1869.

Kamakura shogunate was created in 1185.