shogun japan

By cwalt9
  • 1574 BCE

    Azuchi-Momoyama Period

  • 1336 BCE

    Muromachi Period

  • 1192 BCE

    The Kamakura Period

  • 1185 BCE

    The Genpei War

    1180-1185
  • 794 BCE

    The Heian Period

  • Period: 1192 to 1199

    Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun

    Established Japan’s first military government and began the shogunate system.
  • Period: 1467 to

    Onin War and the start of the Sengoku Period

    A civil war between powerful daimyō that plunged Japan into chaos for over 100 years.
  • 1500

    Introduction of Zen Buddhism

    A new branch of Buddhism that influenced the samurai’s focus on discipline and meditation.
  • Period: 1568 to 1582

    Oda Nobunaga unifies much of Japan

    Powerful warlord who began Japan’s unification using advanced military tactics.
  • Period: to

    Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes shogun (start of Edo period)

    Began the Tokugawa Shogunate, a time of peace, order, and isolation.