Japanese History

By mokaaono
  • 100

    Jomon Period

    14,000BC - 300BC (Timeline wouldn't allow more than a 4-digit number) ; Good at Pottery
  • Period: 100 to

    Japanese Timeline

  • 250

    Yamato Period

    250 - 710 ; Imperial Court ruled
  • 300

    Yayoi Period

    300 BC - 300 AD ; "Iron Age
  • Jan 1, 700

    Hiragana was created

  • Jan 1, 710

    Nara Period

    710 - 794BC ; Most of Society was agricultural
  • Jan 1, 710

    Nara was Capital

    710 - 784
  • Dec 1, 1000

    Tale of Genji

    Time period is approximate
  • Jan 1, 1185

    Kamakura Period

    1185 - 1333 ; Emergence of Samurai
  • Jan 1, 1185

    Kamakura was vapital of Japan

    1185 - 1333
  • Jan 1, 1337

    Muromachi Period

    1337 - 1573 ; Ashikaga Shogunate, first Shogun
  • Dec 1, 1500

    Introduction to Christianity

    Emerged around the 1500's
  • Jun 23, 1534

    Oda Nobunaga

    June 1534 - June 1582 ; Initiator of unification
  • Feb 2, 1536

    Toyotomi Hideyoshi

    February 1536 - March 1598 ; Was a daimyo, warrior, general and politician
  • Jan 31, 1543

    Ieyasu Tokugawa

    Founder of first Shogun

  • Edo Period

    1603 - 1868 ; Economic growth

  • Meiji Emperor

    November 1852 - July 1912 ; Helped Japan emerge as a great power

  • Matthew Perry and the "Blackships" first came to Japan

  • Tokyo ( Edo) became the Capital

    1868 - present

  • Meiji Period

    September 1868 - July 1912 ; Society moved from isolated fuedalism to form a modern society

  • Taisho Period

    July 1912 - September 1996 ; Time of the liberal movement

  • Tokyo Earthquakes

    Earthquake of 8.3 magnitude

  • Showa Period

    1926 - 1989; Reign of Hirohito

  • Showa Period

    December 1926 - January 1989 ; The Great Depression and the Second World War occured during this time

  • Hiroshima Bombing

    U.S dropped "Little Boy" on Hiroshima

  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    Dropped "Fat Man" on Nagasaki

  • First Japanese Constitution

  • Tokyo Olympics

    Originally going to be in Tokyo in 1940 but was cancelled because if WWII

  • Heisei Period

    January 1989 - present ; Marked one of the most rapid economic growth spurts in Japanese history

  • Kobe Earthquake

    Earthquake Magnitude of 6.9

  • Asuka Period

    592 - 645 ; Significant artistic, social, and political transformation

  • Heian Period

    794 - 1185 ; Named after Old Kyoto

  • Kyoto (Heian)

    794 - 1868 (With some inturruptions)