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The capital is located in Nara, small town close to kyoto, and a number of large buddhist temples are built to proctect the emperor. a time of cloes ties with china
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A time of rapid cultural change strongly influenced by China, led from modern-day Kyoto
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Japan is dominated by powerful military families, and the arts are highly decorated in style.
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in the kamakura period, minamoto no yoritomo creates the first 'warrior goverment' or shogunate in 1193. the minamoto family rules from kamakura, a coastal town of japan not far from morden day tokyo
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in the Miramachi period, the Ashikaga clan rules as the shoguns. they move the capital to Kyoto in the Miramachi district
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the Momoyama period (or azuchi-momoyama period) were the final years of the medieval period, which ended the 'warring states' and the medieval periods, when 'three great unifiers' united the country by force under military government
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in the Tokugawa (EDO) period, Japan is united under the Tokugawa clan and society is reorganized around four classes: samurai, famers, craftsmen and merchants. life centers on EDO (Tokyo), the new capital of Japan.