Kenmu Restoration

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The Kenmu Restoration was a brief 14th-century attempt by Emperor Go-Daigo to restore direct imperial rule in Japan, which ultimately collapsed and led to the establishment of the Ashikaga shogunate.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Kenmu Restoration canonical 8
Kenmu 4
Kenmu era 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Japanese history ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
political restoration ⓘ
aimedTo restore direct imperial rule ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kenmu no shinsei ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
capital Kyoto ⓘ
cause Emperor Go-Daigo’s opposition to samurai rule ⓘ
discontent with Kamakura shogunate ⓘ
characterizedBy attempted centralization of power under the emperor ⓘ
conflict between imperial court and samurai elites ⓘ
chronologyWithinJapan after Kamakura period ⓘ
before Muromachi period ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
endTime 1336 ⓘ
eraName Kenmu ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
followedBy Ashikaga shogunate ⓘ
linked to: Ashikaga clan

Muromachi period ⓘ
follows Kamakura shogunate ⓘ
linked to: Kamakura period
governmentTypeAttempted direct imperial rule ⓘ
hasConsequence division of imperial line into Northern and Southern Courts ⓘ
strengthening of samurai-led military government ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Ashikaga Takauji ⓘ
Emperor Go-Daigo ⓘ
Kusunoki Masashige ⓘ
Nitta Yoshisada ⓘ
historicalPeriod 14th century ⓘ
initiatedBy Emperor Go-Daigo ⓘ
languageOfRecord Classical Japanese ⓘ
location Kyoto ⓘ
namedAfter Kenmu era ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
opposedBy Ashikaga Takauji ⓘ
samurai class ⓘ
partOf history of the Japanese imperial institution ⓘ
medieval Japanese history ⓘ
precededBy Genkō War ⓘ
relatedTo Nanboku-chō period ⓘ
Northern Court ⓘ
Southern Court ⓘ
result beginning of Muromachi period ⓘ
establishment of Ashikaga shogunate ⓘ
failure to establish lasting imperial rule ⓘ
shortDescription brief attempt by Emperor Go-Daigo to restore imperial rule in Japan ⓘ
significantEvent Kenmu Edict ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration

appointment of Ashikaga Takauji as shogun ⓘ
fall of the Kamakura shogunate ⓘ
startTime 1333 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muromachi period → significantEvent → Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
Kamakura period → endedBy → Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
Kemmu era → follows → Genkō era ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
Kemmu era → associatedWith → Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
Kemmu era → alsoKnownAs → Kenmu era ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
Kemmu era → eraNameRomanization → Kenmu ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
Kenmu Restoration → alsoKnownAs → Kenmu no shinsei ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
Kenmu Restoration → namedAfter → Kenmu era ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
Kenmu Restoration → significantEvent → Kenmu Edict ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
Kenmu Restoration → eraName → Kenmu ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
regency of the Hōjō clan → replacedBy → Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
Emperor Go-Daigo → eraName → Kenmu ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
Emperor Go-Daigo → event → Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
Engen → overlapsWith → Kenmu ⓘ
subject linked to: Engen era
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
建武 → relatedEvent → 鎌倉幕府滅亡 ⓘ
linked to: Kenmu Restoration
Nanboku-chō period conflicts → hasCause → Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
Nanboku-chō period conflicts → followed → Kenmu Restoration ⓘ
Nanboku-chō period → significantEvent → Kenmu Restoration ⓘ