Ancient Japan By blubblub314 500 Buddhism Began in India 552 Buddhism is introduced to Japan 552 Mahayana arrived in Japan Mar 3, 604 Prince Shotoku issued a set of guidlines called the Seventeen Articles Mar 2, 607 Construction begins on oldest 5 story pagoda Mar 3, 645 The future emperor Tenchi created the Taika Reforms Mar 3, 710 Goverment Builds Chinese style capital Mar 3, 1000 Samurai code starts to be developed Mar 3, 1180 Civil war in Japan Mar 2, 1185 Aristocrat rule ends Mar 3, 1185 Minamoto Yoritomo came to power Mar 3, 1192 The first Shogon was apointed Mar 3, 1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun Mar 3, 1700 Samurai code is finished Mar 3, 1868 Emporer was restnored to power Mar 2, 2022 Prince Shotoku takes control over Japan Mar 2, 2022 Prince Shotoku's rule ends Mar 2, 2022 Hiragana Writing Develops Mar 2, 2022 Hiragana Writing ends Mar 2, 2022 Aristocrat rule starts