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Japan under the Shoguns

By Bodie Young
  • The First Capital is established at Nara
    710

    The First Capital is established at Nara

    The first Capital of Japan was made in 710 and Nara has lots of Buddha statues as was the religion at the time.
  • Start of the Heian period
    794

    Start of the Heian period

    The Heian period was a period in which Chinese influence like Taoism and Buddhism was at its peak.
  • Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
    1185

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan

    Yoritomo was the first Shogun or military leader in Japan and started the line of shogunates.
  • 1467

    Begin of warring states period

    this was a time in which there was lots of conflict between states and upheaval from the public
  • 1543

    First contact between Japanese and Europeans

    António da Mota and Francisco Zeimoto were the first europeans to arrive in Japan
  • 1573

    Azuchi-Momoyama period begins

    this was when the states were brought together under a unified government.
  • Period: to

    Tokogawa shogunate

    This shogunate was the last feudal military shogunate ruling family
  • Period: to

    Sakoku "locked country" period

    in this period isolation was enforced on Japan and the only trade it accepted was small Dutch trade in one city.

  • Arrival of the United States navy commander

    Commander Perry led the Perry expedition to re-establish trade and diplomatic relations with Japan

  • The Meiji restoration

    this event brought back the imperial rule of japan