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yoritomo was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan
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hofukuji is alleged to be the first Zen temple in Japan and was founded by Eisai, brought Zen Buddhism from China, in 1195.
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The Mongol invasions of Japan of 1274 and 1281 were major military efforts undertaken by Kublai Khan to conquer the Japanese islands after the submission of Goryeo (Korea) to vassaldom.
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In 1266, the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan (a grandson of Genghis Khan) paused in his campaign to subdue all of China, and sent a message to the Emperor of Japan
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In the first weeks of 1336, two years after the fall of Kamakura, the first of the Ashikaga shoguns Ashikaga Takauji left the city for Kyoto in pursuit of Nitta Yoshisada.
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Japanese's first contact with with the west after a portuguese ship owent off course and aririved in japanese waters
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Portuguese sailors introduced guns into Japan. By 1560, they were being used in battle
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He led an extensive mission into Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire of the time
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He was the first daiymo ever to incorperate firearms in his battle strtegies.
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General Akechi murdered Shogun Oda Nobunaga. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a general fighting for Nobunaga, reacted very quickly, defeated Akechi, and took over control of the country.
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Toyotomi Hideyoshis sent an army to invade Korea after Korea refused to help him invade China.
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After the first landing of Portuguese sailors in Japan in 1542, Christian proselyting led by Francisco Xavier started.
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With this attitude, Ieyasu closed Japan’s ports to international trade to prevent Christianity from entering the country.
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Portuguese traders banned from Japan, and they were told tonot come back
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Ban lifted on the importation of foreign books and chinese translations (with the exception of books directly concerned with Christianity).
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Commodore Perry and the U.S navy enter the uncharted waters of Uraga bay
