Kenmu Restoration

Period of Japanese history, 1333–1336 Kenmu Restoration建武の新政 Kenmu no shinsei1333–1336 Imperial Seal CapitalHeian-kyōCommon languagesLate Middle JapaneseReligion Shinbutsu-shūgōGovernmentAbsolute monarchyEmperor • 1318–1339 Go-Daigo Shōgun • 1333 Moriyoshi• 1335–1336 Narinaga History • Genkō War begins 1333• Siege of Kamakura May 18, 1333• Ashikaga Takauji captures Kyoto February 23 1336 CurrencyRyō Preceded by Succeeded by Kamakura shogunate Imperial Court in Kyoto Ashikaga shogunate Northern Court Southern Court Part of a series on theHistory of JapanEmperor Go-Daigoby Ogata Gekkō, 1890 PrehistoricPaleolithic35,000–14,000 BCJōmon JōmonAkahoya eruption 14,000–1000 BCYayoi YayoiJimmu's Eastern ExpeditionZoku-JōmonWaCivil WarYamatai 1000 BC – 300 AD AncientKofun KofunYamato KingshipToraijinSilla–Goguryeo and Paekche–Kaya–Wa WarFive kings of Wa 300–538 AD ClassicalAsuka Soga–Mononobe conflictTaika ReformBattle of BaekgangJinshin WarHakuhō periodRitsuryō 538–710Nara KojikiNihon ShokiTenpyō epidemic 710–794HeianHōgen rebellionGenpei War 794–1185 FeudalKamakuraKamakura shogunateJōkyū WarMongol invasionsGenkō WarKenmu R