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Life of Minamoto no Yoritomo, clan leader of the Minamoto and first shogun of Japan.
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The Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan.
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Minamoto no Yoritomo is shogun in Japan.
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Minamoto no Yorie is shogun of Japan.
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Minamoto no Sanetomo is shogun of Japan.
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Hojo Tokimasa acts as regent to Japan's shogun, the first of 16 such regents
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The Jokyu Disturbance - Japan's emperor Go-Toba launches a failed coup against the Kamakura Shogunate. -
The position of vice-regent to the shogun (rensho) is created in Japan. -
Hojo Moritoki reigns as shogun in Japan, the last of the Kamakura Shogunate.
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Nitta Yoshisada attacks and destroys Kamakura, capital of Japan's Kamakura Shogunate. -
The position of deputy shogun (kanrei) is created in Japan. -
The Kenmu Restoration when the Japanese emperor Go-Daigo uses rebel warlords to oust the Kamakura Shogunate.
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Ashikaga Takauji becomes the new shogun in Japan, it is the beginning of the Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate.
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The Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate rules Japan.
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Ashikaga Takauji rules as shogun in Japan.
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Japan's shogun Ashikaga Takauji battles his brother Tadayoshi.
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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu rules as shogun in Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshimochi rules as shogun in Japan.
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The Kinkakuji or 'Golden Pavilion' is built in Heiankyo (Kyoto) by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. -
Ashikaga Yoshikazu
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Ashikaga Yoshinori rules as shogun in Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshikatsu rules as shogun in Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshimasa rules as shogun in Japan.
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Ginkakuji Temple (Silver Pavilion) is built in Heiankyo (Kytoto) Japan by Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
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The Onin War between rival warlords rages in Japan.
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The Sengoku Period or Warring States Period in Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshihisa rules as shogun in Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his first spell as shogun of Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshizumi rules as shogun in Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his second spell as shogun of Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshiharu rules as shogun in Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshiteru rules as shogun in Japan.
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Ashikaga Yoshiaki rules as shogun in Japan (but is exiled by Oda Nobunaga from 1573 CE).
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Ashikaga Yoshihide rules as shogun in Japan. -
Oda Nobunaga exiles the last Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiaki. -
Tokugawa Ieyasu wins the Battle of Sekigahara against those generals who supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's son. End of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. -
Edo period. The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu rules as shogun in Japan.
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The Meiji Restoration eliminates the position of shogun in Japan, Edo is renamed Tokyo, and Edo Castle becomes the Imperial Palace.