At the end of 12, the Yuan Dynasty was made a foreign general and the first shogunate regime in Japanese history was established in Kamakura. From then on, the samurai regime was born, which led to the opposition between martial politics and public politics (referring to court officials and nobles) in the late13rd century. The samurai rule of the shogunate began to face difficulties, and the Kamakura shogunate gradually embarked on the road of extinction.

Culturally, based on the aristocratic culture in the past, it absorbed the Zen culture introduced into Japan in the Song Dynasty and cultivated a vivid, realistic, simple and unique martial arts culture. Religiously, Kamakura Buddhism was founded by famous monks Fran, Qinluan, Rilian, etc., and gained the faith of all walks of life. /kloc-Zen Buddhism, which was introduced to Japan in the 0/2 century, was valued by the Kanto samurai and showed a new tendency in the art field. In literature, the story of the Ping family, a novel with the theme of the battle between Yuan and Ping, is an outstanding representative of ancient Japanese military stories.

Muromachi era

/kloc-In the first half of the 4th century, after the conquering foreign general Ashikaga Yoshimitsu stabilized the Muromachi shogunate in Kyoto, the Wu family overwhelmed the government politically and culturally for more than two centuries. Because the Muromachi shogunate was established by gathering powerful names, the ruling ability of the shogunate itself was relatively weak. In January of the first year of Ren Ying (1467), Ren Ying's rebellion broke out, and famous soldiers from all over the country rose in succession. Muromachi shogunate crumbled, and Japan entered the Warring States period. In the name of the warring States period, it became a powerful independent regime that ruled the local land and people.

In terms of culture, both aristocratic culture and martial artist culture are influenced by Zen. At the end of 14, Beishan culture represented by Jingu Temple and Dongshan culture represented by Yinta Temple at the end of 15 were very developed. /kloc-In the middle of the 6th century, Portuguese and Spanish came to Japan and introduced guns and Christianity. It was an era of active culture.