Kamakura
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Kamakura. Period of Japanese history (12th- 14th cs) named after K. the capital (from 1192) of Minamotono Yoritomo after the *Fujiwara period; the imperial court remained at Kyoto. Nara buildings and sculpture were restored but K.
Kamakura - A period in Japanese art history from 1185-1333. It was preceded by the Heian period (794-1185) and followed by the Muromachi/Ashikaga period (1392-1573).
During the Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1332) Zen Buddhism was adopted by much of the warrior class.
The Great Buddha of Kamakura, c. 1252, Japan
Countless paintings and sculptures were made, often under governmental sponsorship.
Bronze statue of Amida Buddha at Kotokuin in Kamakura (1252 CE) Japanese art and architecture, works of art produced in Japan from the beginnings of human habitation there, sometime in the 10th millennium BC, to the present. ...
Japan, Storage Jar, Tokoname ware, Kamakura period, 13th-14th century, stoneware with ash glaze, 15 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches (diameter) (39.4 x 47.6 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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