Kamakura period - Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes shogun and puts Japan under military control
Jul 17, 1252
great budda statue is installed at kamakura.
Jul 17, 1274
unsuccessful attempts by mongol arnies to invade japan
Period: Jul 17, 1336 to Jul 17, 1573
muromachi period - japan under military control of the ashikaga shoguns.
Jul 17, 1397
kinkaku-ji (golden pavillion) is built
Jul 17, 1467
onin war
Period: Jul 17, 1467 to Jul 17, 1568
age of warring states
Jul 17, 1549
francis xavier introduces christianity to japan
Jul 17, 1568
azuchi-momoyama period- toyotomi hideyoshi persectutes chrisitians. increase in foreign trade
battle of sekigahara
Period: to
edo period - japan under military control of the tokugawa shoguns. christians persecuted. 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
genroku period brings a flourishing of urban culture.
commoder perry first visits from the us.
the tokugawa shogunate is overthrown emperor meiji is rested to power.
boshin war
emperors court moves from narqa to heian-kyo (modern-day kyoto)
kyomizu-dera (pure water temple) is comstructed
Period: to Jul 17, 1185
heian period - Nobel Fujiwara family at the height of its political power