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Period: 300 to Feb 25, 1500
Japan
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Prince Shotoku's Reforms
About A.D. 600, a Yamato prince named Shotoku took charge of Japan on behalf of his aunt, the empress Suiko. He wanted to create a strong government. he was born into the powerful Soga family, as the second son of Emperor Yomei. -
May 9, 1147
What Is a Shogun?
The leader of the Minamoto was a man named Minamoto Yoritomo. Yoritomo was the commander of the Minamoto armies. Yoritomo proved to be a ruthless ruler. -
Jun 7, 1305
The Daimyo Divide Japan
Ashikaga Takauji turned against the emperor and made himself shogun 1333. A new government known as the Ashikaga shogunate began. The Ashikaga shoguns proved to be weak rulers. -
Who Are the Yamato?
Japanese legend states thaat a Yamato leader named Jimmu took the title "emporer of heaven." He founded a line of rulers in Japan that has never been broken. Akihito, who is Japan's emporer today, is one of his descendants. -
Poems and Plays
Murasaki Shikibu was a great novelists and poet of the Japanese Hein period.She was one of the first modern novelists. Murasaki became famous from writing The Tale of Genji.
