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500
korean influence on japan
Korean missionaries introduced Buddhism to japan in the 500s -
600
Japanese go to China . . .
In the 600s Prince Shotoju of the Yamato clan sent nobles to study in China. For 200 years japanese students, monks, traders and offcials visited the Tang Court. -
Period: 1147 to 1199
The Shogunate
The shogun Yoritomo Minamoto set up the first of three military dynasties that ruled the world for 700 years. -
Period: 1568 to
Three Great Unifiers
- Oda Nobunaga
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Tokugawa leyasu
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1582
Hideyoshi takes over
Attempts to finish unification, but local Daimyo continue to control individual areas, and they are forced to ally. -
Tokugawa and the Europeans
japan unified politically by military commanders. -
Expulsion and Isolation
All missionaries removed by 1612, and foreign trade was closely controlled