Events in Shogunate Japan

By Caleb Nish
  • 538

    Buddhism comes to Japan

  • 710

    Capital of Japan established in Nara

  • 781

    Kanmu become fiftienth emperor of Japan

  • 794

    Kyoto Founded

  • 900

    Japanese writing Invented

  • 1192

    Yoritomo becomes the first shogun

  • 1274

    Japan defeats a Mongol invasion

  • 1293

    Earthquake and tsunami kill 20,000 people

  • 1366

    Ashikaga Shogunate begins

  • 1453

    Christianity introduced into Japan

  • 1453

    Portuguese introduced firearms into Japan

  • 1467

    Beginning of the 100 Years Civil War

  • Japan invades Korea

  • Beginning of the Edo Period

  • Beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate

  • Foreigners banned from Japan

  • 47 Ronin Incident

  • Eruption of Mt Fuji

  • Commodore Perry arrives in Japan

  • Meiji Restoration