 | Engakuji (18)  Zuirokuzan Dai-Engaku Kosho Zenji 1828 While Tokimune Hojo (1251-1284) was the de facto ruler of Japan as the Eighth Regent of the Hojo regime, Mongolian troops under the command of Kublai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan (1167-1227), attacked northern part of Kyushu island in 1274 and again in 1281. They failed to invade Japan owing to timely typhoons.
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