Feudal Japan

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  • Jan 1, 1158

    Yoritomo becomes shogun

    At the young age of 12 Yoritomo becomes the first shogun in Japan
  • Arrival of Portugese in Japan
    Jan 1, 1543

    Arrival of Portugese in Japan

    A Brief History Of Japan
    In 1543 the Portuguese arrived in Japan. Two Portuguese were passengers on a Chinese ship that landed at Tanegashima Island. With them they brought gunpowder and Christianity.
  • Jan 1, 1573

    European Arrival in Japan

    Thirty years after three Portuguese merchants became ship wrecked and washed up on the South of Japan, Portuguese traders began trading in Japan.

  • Japan closes door to the West until the middle of the 19th Century

    Japanese believed that dealing with the west could mean losing their life.
  • Buddhism Introduced to Japan

    Buddhism Introduced to Japan

    Buddhism is the major belief system

  • Heian period begins

    the decline of Chinese influence