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The '''Shogun''' was the military ruler of [[Japan]] in the middle ages. There were three distinct episodes: The [[Kamakura]] shogunate of the Minamoto clan, reigning from 1192 till 1333, the Ashikaga shogunate which ruled from 1336 till 1573, and the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled from 1603 till 1868 when Imperial authority was reestablishend by [[Emperor Meiji]].
The '''shogun''' was the military ruler of [[Japan]] in the middle ages. There were three distinct episodes: The [[Kamakura]] shogunate of the Minamoto clan, reigning from 1192 till 1333, the Ashikaga shogunate which ruled from 1336 till 1573, and the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled from 1603 till 1868 when Imperial authority was reestablishend by [[Emperor Meiji]].
==Kamakura shogunate==
==Kamakura shogunate==
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When the Minamoto clan won the Gempei war agains the rival Taira clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo was invested with the title of Shogun and governed Japan from his seat in Kamakura. The Imperial court remained in [[Kyoto]], but had no power. After Yoritomo's death in 1199, the Hojo clan, the family of Yoritomo's wife, seized power and became hereditary Regents for the Minamoto Shoguns, who were as powerless as the Emperors.
When the Minamoto clan won the Gempei war agains the rival Taira clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo was invested with the title of Shogun and governed Japan from his seat in Kamakura. The Imperial court remained in [[Kyoto]], but had no power. After Yoritomo's death in 1199, the Hojo clan, the family of Yoritomo's wife, seized power and became hereditary Regents for the Minamoto Shoguns, who were as powerless as the Emperors.