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Period: 710 to 784
Nara
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751
First poetry written in Japanese
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Period: 794 to 1156
Heian (Kyoto)
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1000
First Japanese novels
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Period: 1185 to 1338
Kamakura bafuku
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1200
Zen Buddhism introduced
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1265
First Mongol invasion
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1281
Second Mongol invasion
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Period: 1338 to
Ashikaga shogunate
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1543
First Portuguese traders
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Period: 1543 to
Warring period
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1567
Major period of castle building
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Kabuki theatre
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Period: to
Tokugawa shogunate
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Himeji Castle finished
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Closing of ports to foreign ships
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Russian request for access denied
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Treaty with USA
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Meiji Restoration