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The Genpei War (源平合戦 Genpei kassen, Genpei gassen?) (1180–1185) was a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late-Heian period of Japan.
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mimamoto no yoritomo becomes shogun and puts japan under military control.
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The Kamakura Daibutsu, or "Kamakura Great Buddha," is the second-largest bronze statue of the Buddha in Japan, and the only Buddha sculpture in the city of Kamakura to be designated a National Treasure.[1] Depicting Amida Nyorai, it was constructed of multiple pieces of bronze, and is housed at the temple of Kôtoku-in.
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unsuccsesful attemps by Mongol armies to invade japan.
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japan under military control of the ashikaga shoguns.
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The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design.The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design.
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The Ōnin War (応仁の乱 Ōnin no Ran?) was a civil war that lasted 10 years (1467–1477) during the Muromachi period in Japan.[1] A dispute between Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Sōzen escalated into a nationwide war involving the Ashikaga shogunate and a number of daimyo in many regions of Japan.
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age of the warring states
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in the year 1542, the first Europeans from Portugal landed on Kyushu in Western Japan. The two historically most important things they imported to Japan were gunpowder and Christianity.
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toyotomi hideyoshi persucutes christians.
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japan under military control of the tokugawa shoguns. Shi-no-ko-sho organisation of society. policy of national seclusion isolates japan from the rest of the world. edo is the largest city in the world.
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The Battle of Sekigahara , popularly known as the Battle for the Sundered Realm was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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genroku period brings a flourshing of urban culture
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Matthew Calbraith Perry was a sailor in the Navy in the mid nineteenth century. He was an avid sailor, diplomat, naval reformer, and advocate of the steam navy.
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The Tokugawa shogunate, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family.[2] This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was changed in 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration.
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The Boshin War was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the imperial court.
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It was the Empress Gemmei that established Nara as the capital city. It was then known as Heijo kyo. It was during the Nara period that some of the first history was recorded.
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The history of Kiyomizu dera (dera means Buddhist temple, while ji implies a Shinto shrine jinja) is more ancient than Kyoto itself. According to the legend, in 778 Enchin, a monk from Nara, inspired by a dream followed the path of a limpid stream until a crystalline waterfall by the Otowa hillside and in that place he built a shrine in honor of Kannon, the female deity of goodness.
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moble fujiwaraa family at the hight of it's political power. flowering of art and litreture especeialy poetry. use of phonetic kana scripts. rise of samurai. the pillow book is written by sei shonagon. the tale of Genji is written by Murasaki shikibu.