Japan Timeline

  • Period: 400 to Dec 31, 1200

    Japan Timeline

  • 552

    Buddhism is introduced to Japan

  • 552

    Mahayana arrived in Japan when a Korean king sent the Japanese emperor a statue of the Buddha and a reccommendation for the new religion

  • Aug 11, 607

    Construction of the oldest surviving five-storied pogoda begins

  • Jul 29, 1029

    Fujiwara Michinaga, the most successful Fujiwara leader, no longer ruled

  • Jan 31, 1185

    The end of the golden age

  • Mar 3, 1192

    The first shogun is appointed

  • Mar 3, 1500

    Buddhism began in Japan

  • Prince Shotoku comes to power

  • Prince Shotoku is no longer in power

  • Hiragana writing begins to develop

  • Hiragana writing is fully developed

  • Aristocrats begin to lead a golden age of culture during the Heian period

  • Fujiwara Michinaga, the most successful Fujiwara leader, began to lead Japan

  • Emperor Kammu decided to move his capital

  • Kammu moved his capital again