Events in Shogunate Japan By Caleb Nish 538 Buddhism comes to Japan 710 Capital of Japan established in Nara 781 Kanmu become fiftienth emperor of Japan 794 Kyoto Founded 900 Japanese writing Invented 1192 Yoritomo becomes the first shogun 1274 Japan defeats a Mongol invasion 1293 Earthquake and tsunami kill 20,000 people 1366 Ashikaga Shogunate begins 1453 Christianity introduced into Japan 1453 Portuguese introduced firearms into Japan 1467 Beginning of the 100 Years Civil War 1592 Japan invades Korea 1603 Beginning of the Edo Period 1603 Beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate 1641 Foreigners banned from Japan 1701 47 Ronin Incident 1707 Eruption of Mt Fuji 1853 Commodore Perry arrives in Japan 1868 Meiji Restoration