Japan under the Shoguns By danielletoubji Jan 1, 1000 First Japenese novels appear Jan 1, 1160 the start of japan's Medieval Period Jan 1, 1185 Zen buddhism introduction Japan Jan 1, 1281 Japan drives back mongol invasion Jan 1, 1336 japan has its first contact with europe Jan 1, 1549 Christian missionaries arrived in japan Jan 1, 1603 Japan Bans foreigners and access to foreign goods and literature Jan 1, 1606 Anti-Christian decreses were proclaimed Jan 1, 1610 Missionaries expelled from japan Jan 1, 1853 Commodore Mathew Perry (Us) arrives in Japan, beginning the end of Japan's isolation from the rest of the world. Jan 1, 1867 Prince Mutsuhito becomes emperor the first to have real authority since the start of the Medieval period Jan 1, 1889 The Meiji Constitution is established as the law of government in japan Mar 2, 2022 Kammu makes heian his capital and heian period begins
