History japan By Sepulvedaa01 Period: 710 to 784 Nara 735 First poetry written in Japanese Period: 800 to 1100 Heian 1000 First Japanese novels 1200 Zen Buddhism introduced Period: 1200 to 1300 Kamakura bakufa 1265 First mongol invasion 1281 Second mongol invasion Period: 1338 to 1603 Ashikaga shogunate 1543 First Portuguese traders Period: 1543 to 1630 Major period of castle building 1603 Kabuki theatre Period: 1603 to 1868 Tokugawa shogunate 1615 Himeji castle finished 1637 Closing of ports to foreign ships 1804 Russian request for access denied 1854 Treaty with USA Period: 1868 to 1900 Meiji Restoration
