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The Kamakura Bakufu ruled Japan from 1185 to 1333. This period saw a shift from imperial rule centered in Kyoto to military rule (bakufu) led by shoguns based in Kamakura. The Minamoto clan defeated the Taira clan in the Gempei War of 1180-1185, establishing the first shogunate. Accounts from this period show the evolving warrior ethic of the victorious Minamoto compared to the more aristocratic Taira. The devastation led to appreciation for Buddhist ideas of suffering and the aesthetic of "mono no aware,"
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