japan under the shogun

By edollard
  • Period: Jul 17, 1180 to Jul 17, 1185

    genpei war

    The Genpei War (源平合戦 Genpei kassen, Genpei gassen?) (1180–1185) was a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late-Heian period of Japan.
  • Period: Jul 16, 1185 to Jul 16, 1333

    kamakura period

    mimamoto no yoritomo becomes shogun and puts japan under military control.
  • Jul 17, 1252

    great buddah statue is installed at kamakura

    The Kamakura Daibutsu, or "Kamakura Great Buddha," is the second-largest bronze statue of the Buddha in Japan, and the only Buddha sculpture in the city of Kamakura to be designated a National Treasure.[1] Depicting Amida Nyorai, it was constructed of multiple pieces of bronze, and is housed at the temple of Kôtoku-in.
  • Jul 17, 1274

    1274 and 1281

    unsuccsesful attemps by Mongol armies to invade japan.
  • Period: Jul 16, 1336 to Jul 16, 1573

    muromachi period

    japan under military control of the ashikaga shoguns.
  • Jul 23, 1397

    kinkaku-ji (golden pavilion is bilt)

    The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design.The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design.
  • Jul 17, 1467

    onin war 1467-1477

    The Ōnin War (応仁の乱 Ōnin no Ran?) was a civil war that lasted 10 years (1467–1477) during the Muromachi period in Japan.[1] A dispute between Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Sōzen escalated into a nationwide war involving the Ashikaga shogunate and a number of daimyo in many regions of Japan.
  • Period: Jul 17, 1467 to Jul 17, 1568

    age of the warring states

    age of the warring states
  • Jul 27, 1549

    francis xavier introduced christianity to japan

    in the year 1542, the first Europeans from Portugal landed on Kyushu in Western Japan. The two historically most important things they imported to Japan were gunpowder and Christianity.
  • Period: Jul 27, 1568 to

    azuchi-momoyama period

    toyotomi hideyoshi persucutes christians.
    increase in foreing trade.
  • Period: to

    edo period

    japan under military control of the tokugawa shoguns. Shi-no-ko-sho organisation of society. policy of national seclusion isolates japan from the rest of the world. edo is the largest city in the world.

  • battle of sekingahara

    The Battle of Sekigahara , popularly known as the Battle for the Sundered Realm was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu.
  • Period: to

    genroku period

    genroku period brings a flourshing of urban culture

  • commordore perry first visits from the u.s

    Matthew Calbraith Perry was a sailor in the Navy in the mid nineteenth century. He was an avid sailor, diplomat, naval reformer, and advocate of the steam navy.

  • the tokugawa shogunate is over thrown.

    The Tokugawa shogunate, was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family.[2] This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was changed in 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo Castle from 1603 until 1868, when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration.
  • Period: to

    boshin war

    The Boshin War was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the imperial court.

  • emperor's court moves from nara to heian-kyo (modern day kyoto)

    It was the Empress Gemmei that established Nara as the capital city. It was then known as Heijo kyo. It was during the Nara period that some of the first history was recorded.

  • kyomizu-dera (pure water temple) is constructed

    The history of Kiyomizu dera (dera means Buddhist temple, while ji implies a Shinto shrine jinja) is more ancient than Kyoto itself. According to the legend, in 778 Enchin, a monk from Nara, inspired by a dream followed the path of a limpid stream until a crystalline waterfall by the Otowa hillside and in that place he built a shrine in honor of Kannon, the female deity of goodness.
  • Period: to Jul 16, 1185

    heian period

    moble fujiwaraa family at the hight of it's political power. flowering of art and litreture especeialy poetry. use of phonetic kana scripts. rise of samurai. the pillow book is written by sei shonagon. the tale of Genji is written by Murasaki shikibu.