Japan Under the Shoguns

By abutler7
  • Period: Jan 1, 700 to

    Japan Shoguns

  • Jan 1, 1180

    Genipei War

    Genipei War
  • Jan 1, 1185

    Kamakura Period

    Minamoto no Youritomo becomes shogun and puts Japan under military control.
  • Jan 1, 1252

    Great Buddha

    Great Buddha statue is installed at kamakura
  • Jul 17, 1336

    Muromachi Period

    Japan under the military control of the shoguns
  • Jan 1, 1397

    Kinkaku

    Kinkaku-ji (golden Pavilion) is built.
  • Jan 1, 1467

    Onin War

  • Jan 1, 1467

    1467

    Age of the warrign states
  • Jan 1, 1549

    Francis Xavier introduces Christianity to Japan.

  • Commordore Perry firsts visits from the U.S

  • Japan

    The Tokugawa shogunate is overthrown.

  • Boushin War

  • Unsuccessful attemps

    Unsuccessful attemps by Mongol armies to invade japan.

  • Battle of the Sekigahara

  • Emperors Court

    Emperor's Court moves from Nara to Heian-Kyo (modern day kyoto).

  • Heian Period

    Noble Fujiwara family at the hieght of its political tower. Flowering of art and lititure easpecially poetry. Use of phonetic kana scripts. Rise of the samurai military class. The Pillow book is written by Sei Shonagon. A Tale of Genji is written by Murasaki Shikibu.

  • Kyomizu-Dera

    Kyomizu-Dera (pure water temple) is constructed.