Japan Returns to Isolation By madisonbryant123 Jan 1, 1549 Christian missionaries arrive in Japan. Jan 1, 1568 Oda Nobunaga defeats rivals and seizes imperial capital, Kyoto. Jan 1, 1575 Nonunaga's 3,000 soldiers have musket crash an enemy force of samurai cavary. Jan 1, 1590 Daimyo controlls most of the country. Jan 1, 1592 Hideyoshi invades Korea. Jan 1, 1598 Hideyoshi dies. Jan 1, 1600 Ieyasu defeats rivals at Battle of Sekighara. Jan 1, 1612 shogun bans Christianity Jan 1, 1616 Ieyasu was on his death bed and told his son hidetada to take care of the people. Jan 1, 1637 Christians are persecuted because of rebellion. Jan 1, 1639 Japan's borders are sealed and a "closed country" policy is instituted. Jan 1, 1700 Japan begins to change to urban society.
