The (1333–1336) is the name given to both the three-year period of Japanese history between the
Kamakura period and the
Muromachi period, and the political events that took place in it. The restoration was an effort made by Emperor
Go-Daigo to bring the Imperial House back into power, thus restoring a civilian government after almost a century and a half of military rule. The attempted restoration ultimately failed and was replaced by the
Ashikaga shogunate (1336–1575). This was to be the last time the Emperor had any power until the
Meiji restoration of 1867. The many and serious political errors made by the Imperial House during this three-year period were to have important repercussions in the following decades and end with the rise to power of the
Ashikaga dynasty.