A timeline of Japan under the shoguns.

By anicholson3
  • Period: Jul 1, 700 to

    Japan under Shoguns

  • Jul 17, 1180

    Genpei war started

  • Jul 17, 1185

    Genpei war finished

  • Period: Jul 17, 1185 to Jul 17, 1333

    Kamakura period - Minamoto no yoritomo becomes shogun and putsJapan under Military control.

  • Jul 17, 1252

    Great Buddha statue is installed at Kamakura

  • Jul 17, 1274

    unsucsessful attempts by mongol armies to invade Japan.

  • Period: Jul 17, 1336 to Jul 17, 1573

    Muromachi period - Japan under military control of the Ashikaga shoguns

  • Jul 17, 1397

    Kinkaku-ji ( golden Pavilion ) is built

  • Jul 17, 1467

    Onin war started

  • Jul 17, 1477

    Onin war finished

  • Jul 17, 1549

    Francis Xavier introduces Christianity to Japan.

  • Period: to

    Azuchi-Momoyama period - Toyotomi Hideyoshi persecutes Christians.

  • Battle of Sekigahara

  • Period: to

    Edo period - Japan under Military control of the tokugawa shoguns.

  • Genroku period brings a flourishing of urban culture.

  • Commodore perry first visits from the U.S.

  • The Tokugawa shogunate is overthrown. Emperor meji is restored to power.

  • boshin war started

  • Boshin war finished

  • Emperor's court moves from Nara to Heian-kyo )mondern-day kyoto)

  • Kyomizu-dera (pure Water Temple) is constucted

  • Period: to Jul 17, 1185

    Heien period - Noble fujwara family at the height of its political power.