Japan under the Shoguns By Tash14 1889 BCE The Meiji Constitutiion is established as the law of government in Japan Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE Meiji Restoration 1867 BCE Prince Mutsuhito becomes emperor ( the first to have real authority since the start of the Medieval period) 1853 BCE Commodore Matthew Perry (US) arrives in Japan, beginning the end of Japan's isolation from the rest of the world 1610 BCE Missionaries expelled from Japan 1606 BCE Anti-Christian decrees were proclaimed 1603 BCE Japan bans foreigners and access to foreign goods and literature 1549 BCE Christian missionaries arrived in Japan 1336 BCE Japan has its first contact with Europe 1281 BCE Japan drives back Mongol invasion 1185 BCE Zen Buddhism introduced to Japan 1160 BCE The start of Japan's Medieval Period 1000 BCE First Japanese novels appear 794 BCE Kammu makes Heian (Kyoto) his capital and Heain period begins
