Japan Under The Shoguns timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Period: Jan 1, 700 to Jan 1, 2000

Japan Under The Shoguns
Period: Jan 1, 1180 to Jan 1, 1185

Genpi War
Period: Jan 1, 1185 to Jan 1, 1333

Kamakura Period

Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes shogun and puts Japan under military control.
Jan 1, 1252

Great buddha statue installed at kamakura
Period: Jan 1, 1274 to Jan 1, 1281

unsuccessful attempts to invade japan

The mongol armies have some unsuccessful attempts to invade japan
Period: Jan 1, 1336 to Jan 1, 1573

Muromachi Period

Japan under military control of the Ashikaga shoguns
Jan 1, 1397

Kinkaku-ji

Golden Pavillion is built
Period: Jan 1, 1467 to Jan 1, 1568

Age of Warring States
Period: Jan 1, 1467 to Jan 1, 1977

Onin War
Jan 1, 1549

Christianity

Francis xavier introduces Christianity to Japan
Period: Jan 1, 1568 to Jan 1, 1600

Azuchi-Momoyama Period

Toyotomi Hideyoshi persecutes Christians. Increase in foreign trade
Jan 1, 1600

Battle of Sekigahara
Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1868

Edo Period

Japan under military control of the Tokugawa shoguns. Christians persecuted. Shi-no-ko-sho organisation of society Policy of national seclusion isolates Japan from the rest of the world. Edo is the largest city in the world.
Period: Jan 1, 1688 to Jan 1, 1704

Genkoru period

Genkoru period brings a flourishing of urban culture
Jan 1, 1853

Commadore perry first visits from the us
Jan 1, 1868

Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate is overthrown and Emperor Meiji is restored to power
Period: Jan 1, 1868 to Jan 1, 1969

Boshin War
Mar 2, 2022

Emperor's Court moves

Emperor's Court moves from Nara to Heian-kyo (Modern-day Kyoto)
Mar 2, 2022

Kyomizu-dera

Pure Water Temple was Constructed
Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Jan 1, 1185

Heian Period

Noble Fujiwara family at the height of its political. Flowering of art and literature, especially poetry. Use of phonetic kana scripts. Rise of samurai military class. The Pillow Book is written by sei shonagon. The Tale of Genjiis written ny Murasaki Shikibu.