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Women in Shogunate Japan - A Timeline

By talkativerach
  • 794

    The Capital of Japan Moves to the City of Heian-Kyo

  • Period: 794 to 1185

    Heian Period

  • Period: 1180 to 1185

    Tomoe Gozen fights in Genpei War

    Tomoe Gozen, a female samurai, helps many male samurai fight in the Genpei War.
  • 1185

    Minimato no Yoritomo becomes Shogun

  • Period: 1185 to 1333

    Kamakura Period

  • 1274

    First Mongol Attack on Japan

  • 1281

    Second Mongol Attack on Japan

  • 1336

    Ashikaga Takauji becomes the New Shogun

  • Period: 1336 to 1573

    Muromachi Period

  • 1467

    Warren States Period Begins

    It last for around another 100 years.
  • Period: 1500 to

    1500's Female Clothing

    The wealthy wear silk and the poor wear mulberry, wisteria vine, ramie and hemp.
  • Period: 1573 to

    Azuchi-Momoyama Period

  • Tokugawa Leyasu becomes Shogun

  • Period: to

    Tokugawa / Edo Period

  • Period: to

    Sakoku Policy

  • The Meiji Restoration

    Shogun Tokugawa handed his power back to the Emperor. The Shogunate period ends.