intoro japan

By hdog
  • 710

    nara

    nara
    710 the first capital is established at Nara
  • 794

    heian

    heian
    794 start of the Heian period
  • 1185

    first shogon emperor

    first shogon emperor
    1185 Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
  • 1467

    warring states

    warring states
    1467 beginning of the Warring states period
  • 1543

    first contact

    first contact
    1543 first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade
  • 1573

    Azuchi-Momoyama

    Azuchi-Momoyama
    1573 the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins

  • tokugawa

    tokugawa
    1603 the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate

  • sahoku

    sahoku
    1635 the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins

  • USA comes along

    USA comes along
    1853 the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry

  • meiji

    meiji
    1867 the Meiji Restoration