Ancient Japan

By BrentMitchell
  • 710

    First poetry written in Japanese

  • 710

    Work began in Nara

  • Period: 710 to 784

    Nara

  • 794

    New emperor established

  • Period: 794 to 1156

    Heian

  • 1000

    First Japanese novels

  • Period: 1185 to 1338

    Kamakura Bafuku

  • 1200

    Zen Buddhism introduced

  • 1281

    Second mongol invasion

  • Period: 1338 to

    Ashikaga shogunate

  • 1543

    First Portuguese traders arrive

  • Period: 1543 to

    Warring period

  • First mogo envision

  • Kabuki Theatre

  • Period: to

    Tokugawa shogunate

  • Hemeji castle finished