Medival Timeline

  • 500

    Buddist priests from Korea visited Japan

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1200

    Medival Timeline

  • 552

    Buddism Is Introduced to Japan

  • Nov 26, 604

    Prince Shotoku issed a set of guidelines called The Seventeen Articles Constitution

  • Jun 5, 607

    Contruction of the Oldest Surviving Five-Storied Pagoda Begins

  • Oct 31, 607

    Prince Shotoku sent an offical representative to the Chinese court

  • Sep 12, 645

    THe future emperor Tenchi created the Taika Reforms

  • May 19, 1180

    There was a civil war in Japan

  • Jul 11, 1185

    Minamoto Yoritomo seized power in Japan

  • Jan 1, 1192

    Minamoto Yoritomo took the title of shogun

  • Nov 17, 1192

    The First Shogun is Appointed

  • Dec 30, 1200

    Women could become ssamurai warriors

  • Hiragana Writing Developing Begins

  • Hiargana Writing Developing Ends

  • Prince Shotoku Becomes Ruler of Japan

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

  • The Japanese invented a writing system called Kana

  • Emperor Kammu moved the capital to Heian-kyo

  • The emperor stopped working on the capital city Nagaoka

  • Fujiwara Michinaga becomes leader of Japan

  • Fujiwara married within the royal family

  • Buddhist priests of Nara gained a great deal of influence over the Japanese court