Japan's Kamakura period (1185–1333) was the first time a truly nonaristocratic regime held sway over the nation. Toward the end of the Heian period (794–1185), two warrior clans, the Taira (or Heike) and the Minamoto (or Genji),...

The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura-jidai?, 1185–1333) is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate, officially established in 1192 by the first Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo. The Kamakura period...

The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court During the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), edited and translated by George W. Perkins. Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1998. xiv, 342 pp. $49.50 U.S. The Clear Mirror is an anonymous history, probably written by...

MORE often than not, it is the beauty of simplicity that so attracts people to traditional Japanese art, whether it be paintings, calligraphy and haiku poetry or the tea ceremony, ikebana flower at ranging, gardens and temples. In the course of their formation,...