medieval japan

-Prologue- Shikanoshima (志賀島), Hakata Bay, June 30, 1281 Kim Bang-gyeong stood at the head of the table his makeshift war council stood around, the air still thick with smoke from the gunpowder that burnt corpses and ships alike. It was a familiar sight, bringing up painful memories of the...

Japanese politics were dominated by the military government of the shogunates, starting in the eleven hundreds with Minamoto Yorimoto in the 1180s. But what if this generalissimo didn't rise to power, and the emperor remained the top dog in japanese politics? It is worth noting that the emperor...