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1192
Minamoto no Yoritomo is shogun in Japan.
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1203
Minamoto no Sanetomo is shogun of Japan.
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1219
Hojo Masako and Hojo Tokimasa take over as regents for the Japanese shogun, thus permanently transferring power from the Minamoto to Hojo clans.
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1327
Hojo Moritoki reigns as shogun in Japan, the last of the Kamakura Shogunate.
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1333
The Kemmu Restoration when the Japanese emperor Go-Daigo uses rebel warlords to oust the Kamakura Shogunate.
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1338
Ashikaga Takauji becomes the new shogun in Japan, it is the beginning of the Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate.
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1397
The Kinkakuji or 'Golden Pavilion' is built in Heiankyo (Kyoto) by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
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1467
The Sengoku Period or Warring States Period in Japan.
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1490
Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his first spell as shogun of Japan.
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1490
Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his first spell as shogun of Japan.
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1573
Oda Nobunaga exiles the last Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiaki.
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The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan.
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The Meiji Restoration eliminates the position of shogun in Japan.