Yoritomo made Shogun
August 21, 1192
Minamoto no Yoritomo, having destroyed the Taira and sidelined the emperor in Kyoto, was formally appointed Sei-i Taishogun by the powerless court. From his capital at Kamakura he established a parallel warrior government that would rule Japan in the emperor's name for nearly seven centuries. The shogunate created a dual-government system unique in world history, with the emperor reigning but the shogun ruling.
In context
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.