The Japanese

By Hugo w
  • 710

    the first capital is established at Nara

    the first capital is established at Nara
    Nara is a living museum with 1,300 years of art and architecture
  • 794

    start of the Heian period

    start of the Heian period
    went to 1185
  • 1185

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan
    Emperor of all the land was Emperor Nijo
  • 1467

    beginning of the Warring states period

    beginning of the Warring states period
    It was a near constant civil war
  • 1543

    first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade

    first contact between Japanese and Europeans and beginning of trade
    the portugese were first to trade
  • 1573

    the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins

    the Azuchi-Momoyama period begins
    the onin war in 1467 triggered the sengoku period

  • the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate

    the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate
    "Three Reunifiers"—Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu

  • the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins

    the sakoku (“locked country”) period begins
    start of 220 year isolation

  • the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry

    the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry
    two steamers and two sailing vessels, sailed into Tôkyô harbor

  • the Meiji Restoration

    the Meiji Restoration
    referred to as the honorable time