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During the time that the capital of Japan was at Nara. Ruled by Emperors/Empresses during this time.
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The capital of Japan used to be moved upon the death of each emperor, but Empress Gemmei ordered it to move to Heijō-kyō permanently. The capital later became know as Nara.
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The second oldest hotel in the world, Hoshi Ryokan, is built in Komatsu, Japan. It is still in operation. The oldest hotel in the world was built in Japan in 705.
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The period of the Kamakura Shogunate. It was the first shogunate and was ended with the shortlived Kemmu Restoration and later the Ashikaga Shogunate.
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Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Commander-In-Cheif of the forces, effectively beginning his reign as Shogun. He dies in 1199.
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Nitta Yoshisada destroys the town of Kamakura in the Siege of Kamakura. This effectively ends the Kamakura Shogunate and begins the short-lived Kemmu restoration.
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The period of the Ashikaga Shogunate. It began when Ashikaga Takauji conquered Japan from the Kemmu restoration. It flows on in to the next period with the Japanese war.
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Ashikaga Takauji, a samurai, takes over Japan and a year later is officially proclaimed shogun. He was supported by the samurais, who were disappointed in the Kemmu Restoration. His reign was a struggle to keep hold of the capital, Kyoto. He died in 1358,
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The southern half of Japan, which until now does not recognise Asikaga's descendants as Shoguns, surrenders, and Japan is reunified. The shogun at the time is Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
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The Sengoku-Jidai period was when Japan was in what would be today called a civil war, regarding whether there should be Shoguns. In the end, there were.
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Oda Nobunaga is killed by one of his generals. He was trying to unify Japan and had gained control of a sizeable portion of it before his death. His work was continued by his successors, and Japan was unified in 1585.
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The period of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Time of the infamous seclusion. Ended in 1868 with the end of the seclusion.
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Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu forbids all travel outside of Japan and the reading of foreign books. This was mainly due to anti-Christian senitment. There was later a rebellion, the Shimabara Rebellion, about this but it was quashed.
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Emperor Kammu moves the captial to Heian-kyō, which is now called Kyoto. It remained the capital until 1868.
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The Fujiwara Clan becomes the "power behind the throne" in Japan and also marries the emperors to members of the clan. This is how they obtain power, because in Japanese tradition, your loyalty is to your maternal grandfather. Their power ended in 1068 when an emperor not related to the Fujiwara clan acceeded the throne.
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From when the Japanese capital was moved to Heian-kyo to when the Shoguns took over (Japan was earlier ruled by Emperors).
