Japan In Isolation

By WesleyF
  • Period: Jan 1, 1467 to

    Japan In Isolation

  • Period: Jan 1, 1467 to Dec 31, 1568

    Sengoku- Warring States

  • Jan 1, 1543

    Japan's First Contact With Europeans

    Shipwrecked Portugese sailors wash up on southern shores of Japan. The Portugese bring clocks, eyeglasses, tobacco, and firearms from Europe.
  • Christian Missionaries Arrive In Japan
    Jan 1, 1549

    Christian Missionaries Arrive In Japan

    The Japanese welcome them believing they will bring firearms but are suprised when they try to convert the Japanese to Christianity.
  • Odo Nobunaga Captures Kyoto.
    Feb 17, 1568

    Odo Nobunaga Captures Kyoto.

    Odo Nobunaga defeats his rivals and captures the capital of Kyoto. End Of Sengoku.
  • Jun 21, 1582

    Nobunaga Fails To Unify Japan

    Odo Nobunaga commits seppuku, ritual suicide, after failing to unify Japan.
  • Toyotomi Hideyoshi Invades Korea

    Toyotomi Hideyoshi Invades Korea

    Toyotomi leads an invasion of Korea and their Ming allies.

  • Toyotomi Hideyoshi Dies

    Toyotomi dies. Following his death Japan withdraws from Korea.
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    Tokugawa Shogunate Rules Japan

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu Completes Unification of Japan

    Tokugawa Ieyasu Completes Unification of Japan

    Tokugawa defeats his rivals at the Battle of Sekigahara. This earns him the respect of the Daimyo of Japan.

  • Tokugawa Becomes Shogun

    Tokugawa becomes the sole leader, or shogun, of Japan. Moves the capital from Kyoto to Edo which later became Tokyo,

  • Shogun Bans Christianity in Japan

    Following an uprising by 30,000 Japanese peasants, many of whom were Christian, the Shogun bans Christianity in Japan.

  • Japan Closes it's borders.

    Japan closes it's borders to foriegn trade. Only Dutch and Chinese merchants are allowed to trade and only through the port of Nagasaki.