The Rights and Responsibilities of Women in Feudal Japan

By jxh665
  • Jan 1, 700

    Female emperors in Japan

    Up to the eighth century there were female emperors in Japan
  • Jan 1, 1015

    The Tale of Genji Written by Lady Murasaki

  • Jan 1, 1100

    Women can inheirit property and manage it themselves

    For the entire Heian period Women in japan could own property and inheirit it in their own names
  • Period: Jan 1, 1185 to

    Feudal/Medieval Japan

  • Period: Jan 1, 1192 to Jan 1, 1333

    Kamkura Shogunate

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Women begin to lose rights

    Because of the effects of the kamkura shogunate women begin to lose their rights.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1336 to Jan 1, 1573

    Ashikaga Shogunate

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Most Rights are Lost to Women

    By the mid Ashikaga shogunate women have lost almost all rights.
  • Period: to

    Tokagawa shogunate

    this
  • Period: to

    Edo Period

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1185

    Heian period