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Shogun Japan

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  • Period: 1147 to 1199

    The first Shogun

    Life of Minamoto no Yoritomo, clan leader of the Minamoto and first shogun of Japan.
  • Period: 1192 to 1333

    The Kamakura reign

    The Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan.
  • Period: 1192 to 1199

    Minamoto Yoritomo reign

    Minamoto no Yoritomo is shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1202 to 1203

    Minamoto Yorie reign

    Minamoto no Yorie is shogun of Japan.
  • Period: 1203 to 1219

    Minamoto Sanetomo reign

    Minamoto no Sanetomo is shogun of Japan.
  • Period: 1203 to 1205

    Hojo Tokimasa regents

    Hojo Tokimasa acts as regent to Japan's shogun, the first of 16 such regents
  • 1221

    The Jokyu Disturbance

    The Jokyu Disturbance
    The Jokyu Disturbance - Japan's emperor Go-Toba launches a failed coup against the Kamakura Shogunate.
  • 1225

    Vice regent to the Shogun established

    Vice regent to the Shogun established
    The position of vice-regent to the shogun (rensho) is created in Japan.
  • Period: 1327 to 1333

    Hojo Moritoki reign

    Hojo Moritoki reigns as shogun in Japan, the last of the Kamakura Shogunate.
  • 1333

    The Downfall of Kamukara

    The Downfall of Kamukara
    Nitta Yoshisada attacks and destroys Kamakura, capital of Japan's Kamakura Shogunate.
  • 1333

    The establishment of the Deputy Shogun position

    The establishment of the Deputy Shogun position
    The position of deputy shogun (kanrei) is created in Japan.
  • Period: 1333 to 1335

    The Kenmu Restoration

    The Kenmu Restoration when the Japanese emperor Go-Daigo uses rebel warlords to oust the Kamakura Shogunate.
  • 1338

    Ashikaga Takauji reign begins

    Ashikaga Takauji reign begins
    Ashikaga Takauji becomes the new shogun in Japan, it is the beginning of the Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate.
  • Period: 1338 to 1573

    The Ashikaga Shogunate reign

    The Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate rules Japan.
  • Period: 1338 to 1358

    The Ashikaga Takauji reign

    Ashikaga Takauji rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1350 to 1352

    Ashikaga Takauji Battles his brother

    Japan's shogun Ashikaga Takauji battles his brother Tadayoshi.
  • Period: 1368 to 1394

    Ashikaga Yoshimitsu reign

    Ashikaga Yoshimitsu rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1395 to 1423

    Ashikaga Yoshimochi reign

    Ashikaga Yoshimochi rules as shogun in Japan.
  • 1397

    The Kinkakuji is built

    The Kinkakuji is built
    The Kinkakuji or 'Golden Pavilion' is built in Heiankyo (Kyoto) by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
  • Period: 1423 to 1425

    Ashikaga Yoshikazu reign

    Ashikaga Yoshikazu
  • Period: 1429 to 1441

    Ashikaga Yoshinori

    Ashikaga Yoshinori rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1442 to 1443

    Ashikaga Yoshikatsu reign

    Ashikaga Yoshikatsu rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1449 to 1474

    Ashikaga Yoshimasa reign

    Ashikaga Yoshimasa rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1460 to 1483

    Ginkakuji Temple is built

    Ginkakuji Temple (Silver Pavilion) is built in Heiankyo (Kytoto) Japan by Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
  • Period: 1467 to 1477

    The Onin War

    The Onin War between rival warlords rages in Japan.
  • Period: 1467 to 1568

    The Sengoku Period

    The Sengoku Period or Warring States Period in Japan.
  • Period: 1474 to 1489

    Ashikaga Yoshihisa reign

    Ashikaga Yoshihisa rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1490 to 1493

    Ashikaga Yoshitane reign

    Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his first spell as shogun of Japan.
  • Period: 1494 to 1508

    Ashikaga Yoshizumi

    Ashikaga Yoshizumi rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1508 to 1521

    Ashikaga Yoshitane reign

    Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his second spell as shogun of Japan.
  • Period: 1521 to 1546

    Ashikaga Yoshiharu reign

    Ashikaga Yoshiharu rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1546 to 1565

    Ashikaga Yoshiteru

    Ashikaga Yoshiteru rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1567 to

    Ashikaga Yoshiaki reign

    Ashikaga Yoshiaki rules as shogun in Japan (but is exiled by Oda Nobunaga from 1573 CE).
  • 1568

    Ashikaga Yoshihide reign

    Ashikaga Yoshihide reign
    Ashikaga Yoshihide rules as shogun in Japan.
  • 1573

    Oda Nobunaga exiles Yoshiaki.

    Oda Nobunaga exiles Yoshiaki.
    Oda Nobunaga exiles the last Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiaki.

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu wins the Battle of Sekigahara

    Tokugawa Ieyasu wins the Battle of Sekigahara
    Tokugawa Ieyasu wins the Battle of Sekigahara against those generals who supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's son. End of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period.
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    The Tokugawa reign

    Edo period. The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan.
  • Period: to

    Tokugawa Ieyasu reign

    Tokugawa Ieyasu rules as shogun in Japan.

  • The end of the Shogun Period

    The end of the Shogun Period
    The Meiji Restoration eliminates the position of shogun in Japan, Edo is renamed Tokyo, and Edo Castle becomes the Imperial Palace.