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*''Japanese'': 鎌倉幕府 ''(Kamakura bakufu)''
*''Japanese'': 鎌倉幕府 ''(Kamakura bakufu)''
The Kamakura shogunate was the first of three [[shogunate]]s to govern Japan.
The Kamakura shogunate was the first of three [[shogunate]]s to govern Japan. Based at [[Kamakura]], roughly 30 miles southwest of the villages that would later develop into [[Edo]] and then [[Tokyo]], the Kamakura shogunate was founded by [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] following his victory over the [[Taira clan]] in the [[Genpei War]] of [[1180]]-[[1185]].
This first shogunate left much intact from the preceding [[Heian period|Imperial period]], including tax structures and the system of ''[[shoen|shôen]]'', or private estates. The ''bakufu'' was a rather small government, with only three offices: one administering and enforcing shogunate policy, one overseeing shogunal retainers, and one which dealt with judicial matters. ''Shôen'' holders continued to enjoy their tax exemptions, collecting and keeping taxes within their own lands, and taxes likewise continued to be collected in much the same way as they had been under the Heian court, with a portion of the taxes going to the shogunate and its retainers, and the remainder going to the Imperial Court.
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==References==
*Albert M. Craig, ''The Heritage of Japanese Civilization'', Second Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 35.
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