Mideval Japan

  • Period: 400 to Mar 2, 1200

    Mideval Japan

  • 500

    Buddhism began in India

  • 552

    Buddhism is Introduced into Japan

  • 552

    Mahayana arrived in Japan when the korean king sent the Japanese emperor a statue of Buddha

  • Mar 3, 604

    Prince Shotoku issued a set of guidelines called the Seventeen Article Constitution

  • Mar 2, 607

    Construction of the oldest surviving five-storied pagoda begins

  • Mar 3, 645

    The future emperor Tenchi created the Taika Reforms

  • Mar 3, 710

    The imperial government built chinese-style capital

  • Mar 3, 1000

    Samurai code starts to be devolped

  • Mar 3, 1180

    Civil war in Japan

  • Mar 3, 1185

    Minamoto Yoritomo came to power

  • Mar 3, 1185

    Aristocrat rule ends

  • Mar 3, 1192

    The first shogun is appointed

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu, became shogun

  • Samurai code is finished

  • Emperor was restored to power

  • Prince Shotoku came to power in Japan

  • Prince Shotoku ends his rule in Japan

  • Hiragana writing devolps

  • Aristocrats lead a golden age of culture during the Heian period

  • Hiragana writing ends