Go-Shirakawa issues edict of pacification
1184
The retired Japanese emperor, a nominal political figure manipulated by whichever warrior clan held Kyoto, issued an edict favoring the Minamoto over the Taira and authorizing Yoritomo's eastern government. It was the first formal imperial recognition of the Kamakura regime. The edict gave Yoritomo the legal authority to appoint military stewards and constables across Japan, creating the administrative skeleton of the shogunate.
In context
Also in 1184 (3 other events on record)
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Before and after in East Asia
- Before: 1181: Famine in Kyoto
- After: April 25, 1185: Battle of Dan-no-Ura
Before and after in Politics
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.