Japan

Feudal Japan

By Sophie G
  • Mar 4, 1232

    ‘Goseibai Shikimoku’ legal code established

    Before enacting the Goseibai Shikimoku, the Kamakura shogunate conducted trials without formal laws. After the Jōkyū War, an increasing number of land disputes between its vassals, aristocrats and peasants made fair trials indispensable. Thereafter Hōjō Yasutoki compiled the outline with 51 article headings and 13 Hyojoshu (councilors) completed it.Supplementary articles to the Goseibai Shikimoku, called Tsuika (追加), were issued afterward. The Muromachi shogunate also adopted the Goseibai Shi
  • Jan 1, 1274

    First Mongol invasion of Japan

    Despite their ultimate failure, the invasion attempts are of macrohistorical importance, because they set a limit on Mongol expansion, and rank as nation-defining events in Japanese history. The Japanese were successful, in part because the Mongols lost up to 75% of their troops and supplies both times on the ocean as a result of major storms. The invasions are referred to in many works of fiction, and are the earliest events for which the word kamikaze, or "divine wind", is widely used.
  • Aug 15, 1281

    Second mongol invasion.

    This invasion, they invaded the kingdoms of Hungary and fragmentation of Poland.
  • Sep 4, 1333

    Emperor Go-Daigo overthrows the Kamakura government

    The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Kamakura bakufu) was a military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 (or 1192, when it was formally recognized) to 1333. It was based in Kamakura. The Kamakura period draws its name from the capital of the shogunate.[1] From 1203 onwards, the family of the first Shogun Yoritomo's wife, the Hōjō clan, effectively had total control over the nation with the title Shikken (Regent), setting up a Hojo family court that discussed and made most of
  • Period: Jan 1, 1348 to Dec 31, 1351

    Rivalry between Northern and Southern Emperors .

    Other consequences of the Yayoi Advent included greater intertribal/regional trade based on greater and more diverse production through new technologies. At the same time there was increased rivalry between tribal/regional groups, often over resources, and greater social stratification. Agriculture-based fixed settlement led to the consolidation of territory and the establishment of boundaries. According to Chinese sources, by the end of the 1st century AD there were more than a hundred kingdo
  • Period: Sep 25, 1358 to May 31, 1408

    Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

    This shogun managed to bring about the end to Nanbuko-cho fighting in 1392. This made the time for authority in shogunate.
  • Period: to Dec 31, 1185

    Minamato clan seizes power in the emperor’s name.

    It resulted in the fall of the Taira clan and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto Yoritomo in 1192.