the major historical periods of Shogunate Japan and the specific Kamakura, Muromachi and Tokugawa shogunates

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  • Period: 1147 to 1199

    Minamoto no Yoritomo

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

    Kamakura

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

    Minamoto no Yoritomo

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

    Minamoto no Yorie

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

    Minamoto no Sanetomo

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

    Hojo Tokimasa

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

    Go-Toba

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

    Rensho

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

    Hojo Moritoki

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

    Nitta Yoshisada

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

    Rank - Kanrei

    The position of deputy shogun (kanrei) is created in Japan.
  • Period: 1333 to 1336

    Go-Daigo

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

    Ashikaga Takauji

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

    Ashikaga Shogunate

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

    Ashikaga Takauji

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

    Ashikaga Takuaji vs Tadayoshi Takauji

    Japan's shogun Ashikaga Takauji battles his brother Tadayoshi.
  • Period: 1359 to 1368

    Ashikaga Yoshiakira

    Ashikaga Yoshiakira rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1368 to 1394

    Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

    Ashikaga Yoshimitsu rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1395 to 1425

    Ashikaga Yoshimochi

    Ashikaga Yoshimochi rules as shogun in Japan.
  • 1397

    Kinkakuji

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

    Ashikaga Yoshikazu

    Ashikaga Yoshikazu rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1429 to 1441

    Ashikaga Yoshinori

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

    Ashikaga Yoshikatsu

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

    Ashikaga Yoshimasa

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

    Ginkakuji Temple

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

    Onin War

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

    Sengoku Period

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

    Ashikaga Yoshihisa

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

    Ashikaga Yoshitane

    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

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

    Ashikaga Yoshiharu

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

    Ashikaga Yoshiteru

    Ashikaga Yoshiteru rules as shogun in Japan.
  • 1568

    Ashikaga Yoshihide

    Ashikaga Yoshihide rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: 1568 to

    Ashikaga Yoshiaki

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

    Oda Nobunga

    Oda Nobunaga exiles the last Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiaki.

  • Tokugawa Leyasu

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

    Tokugawa Ieyasu rules as shogun in Japan.
  • Period: to

    Tokugawa Shogunate

    The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan.

  • Meiji Restoration

    The Meiji Restoration eliminates the position of shogun in Japan.