Feudal Japan By jake245 400 Japen has contact with China 500 Buddhisem, Confucianism and Chines writting are adopted 500 Japan has contact with China Jan 1, 600 Buddhism, Confucianism and chines writting are adopted Jan 1, 710 The imperial court is establish at Nara Jan 1, 1192 Yoritomo becomes shogon: Japan is ruled by a military style government: the Monogals invade Japan Jan 1, 1333 Japan is briefly under imperial rule Jan 1, 1336 First contact with Europeans Jan 1, 1543 Portuguese traders arrive in Japan Jan 1, 1576 The shoggunless period begins Jan 1, 1603 Japan closes its door to the West; military rule Mar 2, 2022 The Heian period begins -a time of cultural and artistic development