intoro japan

By hdog
  • nara
    710

    nara

    710 the first capital is established at Nara
  • heian
    794

    heian

    794 start of the Heian period
  • first shogon emperor
    1185

    first shogon emperor

    1185 Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
  • warring states
    1467

    warring states

    1467 beginning of the Warring states period
  • first contact
    1543

    first contact

    1543 first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade
  • Azuchi-Momoyama
    1573

    Azuchi-Momoyama

    1573 the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins
  • tokugawa

    tokugawa

    1603 the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate
  • sahoku

    sahoku

    1635 the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins
  • USA comes along

    USA comes along

    1853 the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry
  • meiji

    meiji

    1867 the Meiji Restoration