intro to Japan

By zackiey
  • the first capital is established at Nara
    710

    the first capital is established at Nara

    the first capital of Japan and where the emperor would sit.
  • start of the Heian period
    794

    start of the Heian period

    Buddhism was brought in they had their own alphabet and art.
  • Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
    1185

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan

    the military leader at the time
  • beginning of the Warring states period
    1467

    beginning of the Warring states period

    the states were at war with each other basically there was a war within a country
  • first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade
    1543

    first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade

    the first Europeans to arrive to Japan at the time
  • the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins
    1573

    the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins

    taking over of other states in Japan
  • the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate

    the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate

    they were trying to centre all of china and all of the different states
  • the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins

    the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins

    Japan became locked out to the rest of the world people weren't let out or in it was the toughest rulings ever
  • the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry

    the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry

    United States demanding for the Japanese to reopen their borders and for them to stop being locked off from other countries
  • the Meiji Restoration

    the Meiji Restoration

    this is where they reformed the government and started new traditions