Japan Returns to isolation By t-men25 Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1700 Japan Returning to isolation Jan 20, 1300 Unity of japan begans to break Jan 29, 1467 Civil War shattered japans old feudal system Period: Feb 20, 1467 to Feb 20, 1568 A violet era of disorder Sep 12, 1543 pourtuges shipwreck washup on shore Feb 20, 1549 christian missionarries arrive in japan Mar 24, 1568 oda Nobunaga defeated his rivals and siezed the imperial capitol kyoto Feb 20, 1575 Nobunaga 3000 soilders armed with muskits crushed an enemy force of samurai cavalry Apr 20, 1582 nobunaga was unable to unify japan and committed seppuku the ritual of suicide Jan 20, 1590 brute force with shrewd politicial alliances, controlled most of the country Aug 20, 1592 inveaded korea and there ming chinese allies Feb 20, 1598 hedeyishi died and troops fled korea Feb 20, 1600 ieyasu deafeted his allies Feb 20, 1600 europeons converted about 300.000 japanese to christians Feb 20, 1612 shogun had came to fear the christians Oct 9, 1616 iyesha on his deathbed told his son to take care of the people Feb 20, 1694 matsuo basho wrote haiku before his death
