How did the Kamakura period get its name?
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The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Kamakura bakufu) was a Japanese feudal military government of imperial-aristocratic rule that ruled from 1185 to 1333. The heads of the government were the shōguns. ... The period takes its name from the city where the Minamoto shōguns lived.