Samurai

The Age of the Samurai

By MisterRaderstorf
  • 440

    Horses

    Horses
    Horses are introduced into japanese fighting
  • 550

    Buddhism Reaches Japan

    Buddhism Reaches Japan
    Buddhism arrives in Japan; becomes a powerful philosophy for rulers and warriors.
  • Nov 12, 1180

    The Gempei war ends in 1185

    The Gempei war ends in 1185
    Minamoto Yoritomo takes up arms against the Taira clan in The Gempei War. And establishes the Kamakura bakufu Heian era ends
  • Nov 12, 1185

    Kamukura Period

    Kamukura Period
    The samurai over rule the government in value in the Kamakura period
  • Nov 12, 1192

    Minamoto Yorimoto titled Shogun

    Minamoto Yorimoto titled Shogun
    The founder of the Kamakura government Minamoto Yorimoto was titled Shogun. The samurai were sworn to keep peace in Japan.
  • Nov 12, 1274

    The Mongols invade Japn

    The Mongols invade Japn
    The Mongols and Chinese set out to sea to invade the Japanese. A great storm destroyed the invasion fleet.
  • Nov 12, 1281

    Kamikaze

    Kamikaze
    50 days of fighting the Japanese were again saved by the storms. These storms were named kamikaze.
  • Nov 12, 1333

    Ashikaga Rule Starts

    Ashikaga Rule Starts
    the Kamakura shogunate lost control of the country to a rival samurai family, the Ashikaga family. The Ashikaga shogunate moved the capital back to Kyôto.
  • Nov 12, 1467

    The Onin War lasts 150 years

    The Onin War lasts 150 years
    The Onin War sees the decline of Shogun power and begins the Sengoku Jidai (The Age of the Country at War) which last 150 years.
  • Nov 12, 1543

    Portugese guns

    Portugese guns
    Portuguese guns are introduced into Japan.

  • Tokugawa

    one of the powerful military families, the Tokugawa, was able to gain military control over all the local daimyo. The Tokugawa created a much stronger bureaucratic military government in Edo now named Tôkyô. It controlled — either directly or indirectly — all elements of society, such as the agrarian and commercial sectors.

  • Edo

    Edo
    there were about one million people living in Edo. In time, the Edo merchants supplying the military became richer than the samurai, many of whom lived in poverty.

  • Commodore Perry

    Commodore Perry
    When Commodore Perry came to Japan from the United States in 1853 seeking commercial relations, many groups in society were ready for changes in the old legal and economic systems.

  • Japans Fuedal era ends

    Japans Fuedal era ends
    Japan's feudal period ended shortly thereafter with the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

  • The New Emeror

    The New Emeror
    Taira Masakado revolted and proclaimed himself "The New Emperor." Other samurai leaders exerted their influence across the land and changed the history of Japan.