Japan under the Shoguns

By christianishak19
  • The first capital is established at Nara
    710

    The first capital is established at Nara

    Nara was Japan's first capital and the seat of the Emperor.
  • Start of the Heian period
    794

    Start of the Heian period

    The Heian period is the last division of classical Japanese history.
  • Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
    1185

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan

    the Minamoto family took over the control over Japan after defeating the Taira clan in the Gempei war. Minamoto Yoritomo established a new military government, the Kamakura Bakufu, in Kamakura and was appointed shogun
  • beginning of the Warring states period
    1467

    beginning of the Warring states period

    A period in Japanese history of near-constant civil war, social upheaval, and political intrigue
  • First contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade
    1543

    First contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade

    The first three Europeans to arrive in Japan were Portuguese traders António Mota, Francisco Zeimoto and António Peixoto
  • The Azuchi-Momoyama period begins
    1573

    The Azuchi-Momoyama period begins

    The Azuchi–Momoyama period began with Oda Nobunaga entering into Kyoto to install Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the 15th and ultimately final shōgun of the Ashikaga Shogunate, which had collapsed after outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467 and triggered the chaotic Sengoku period.
  • The beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate

    The beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate

    Japan's "Three Reunifiers"—Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu—worked to bring the warring daimyo back under central control.
  • The Sakoku (“locked country”) period begins

    The Sakoku (“locked country”) period begins

    Japan's 200-year policy of seclusion, under which no foreigner could enter nor could any Japanese leave the country on penalty of death.
  • The Arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry

    The Arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry

    American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world.
  • The Meji Restoration

    The Meji Restoration

    The Meiji Restoration, referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1867 under Emperor Meiji.