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Kamakura-fu
Origins
To control the Kanto, the Ashikaga shogunate created a regional government in Kamakura. In 1349 Ashikaga Takauji sent his son Motouji there as Kamakura kubo, assisted by a deputy, the Kanto kanrei, an office soon held by the Uesugi family.
Rule and society
The kubo governed the eight Kanto provinces and later Mutsu and Dewa, with their own vassals and courts, and acted almost as rival shoguns. Successors Ujimitsu, Mitsukane and Mochiuji resented Kyoto's authority, and tension with the Uesugi deputies led to the Uesugi Zenshu revolt of 1416.
Decline and legacy
Ashikaga Mochiuji openly defied Shogun Yoshinori; in the Eikyo Rebellion he was defeated and forced to kill himself in 1439. The office was revived in 1449 for his son Shigeuji, who after fighting the Uesugi moved to Koga in 1455 as the Koga kubo.
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- Kamakura-fu was part of Ashikaga shogunate1349 CE – 1439 CE
- Kamakura-fu was conquered by Ashikaga shogunate1439 CE
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