The Real God Of Tsushima
The Mongol invasions of Japan which took place in 1274 and 1281, were major military efforts undertaken by Kublai Khan of the Yuan dynasty to conquer the Japanese archipelago after the submission of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo to vassaldom. Ultimately a failure, the invasion attempts are of macro-historical importance because they set a limit on Mongol expansion and rank as nation-defining events in the history of Japan. The invasions are referred to in many works of fiction and are the earliest events for which the word kamikaze (“divine wind”) is widely used, originating in reference to the two typhoons faced by the Mongol fleets.
The Mongol Empire
Kublai Khan became Emperor of China in 1259 and established his capital in Beijing in 1264 . Korea was then forced to submit to Mongol power. Two years later, he sent envoys to Japan to submit to the Mongol rule, or to face colonial rule. The second group of envoys was sent in 1268, returning empty-handed, as before. The two envoys met Chinzei Bugy, or Defense Commissioner for the West, who sent messages to the Shogun in Kamakura , and the…
