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Period: Jul 17, 1180 to Jul 17, 1185
Genpei War
Genpei War -
Period: Jul 17, 1185 to Jul 17, 1333
Kamakura Period
Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes shogun and puts japan under military control. -
Jul 17, 1252
Great Buddha
Great Buddha statue is installed at Kamakura -
Jul 17, 1274
Mongol armies 1274&1281
Unsuccessful attempts by Mongol armies 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
Kinkaku-ji (golden pavilion) is built -
Period: Jul 17, 1467 to Jul 17, 1477
Onin War
Onin War -
Period: Jul 17, 1467 to Jul 17, 1568
Warring States
Age of the warring states. -
Jul 17, 1549
Christianity
Francis Xavier introduces Christianity to Japan -
Period: Jul 17, 1568 to
Azuchi-Momoyama period
Toyotomi Hideyoshi persecutes Christians. Increase in foreign trade. -
Battle of Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara -
Period: to
Edo Period
Japan under miltary control of the Tokugawa shoguns. Christians persecuted. Shi-no-ko-sho organisation of soceity. Policy of national seclusion isolates Japan from the rest of the world. Edo is the largest city in the world -
Period: to
Genroku period
Genroku period brings a flourishing of urban culture -
Commodore Perry
Commodore Perry first visits from the US. -
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate is overthrown. Emperor Meiji is restored to power. -
Period: to
Boshin War
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Heian period 794-1185
Noble Fuijwara family at the height of its power. Flowering of art and literature espcially poetry. Use of phonetic kana scripts. Rise of the samurai military class. -
798
Kyomizu-dera is constucted -
Period: to Jul 17, 1185
Heian period
Noble Fuijwara family at the height of its power. Flowering of art and literature espcially poetry. Use of phonetic kana scripts. Rise of the samurai military class.