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700
Katana Invented
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Period: 710 to 794
Nara Period
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Period: 794 to 1185
The Heian or "Classical Period
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Period: 1185 to
Feudal Period - After Genpai War
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Period: 1185 to 1333
Kamakura period
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Aug 21, 1192
First Japanese Shogunate
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1221
The Jokyu Disturbance.
The Jokyu Disturbance - Japan's emperor Go-Toba launches a failed coup against the Kamakura Shogunate. -
Period: 1336 to 1573
Muromachi period
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1397
Golden Pavilion is built.
The Kinkakuji or 'Golden Pavilion' is built in Heiankyo (Kyoto) by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. -
1483
Silver Pavilion finishes construction.
Ginkakuji Temple (Silver Pavilion) is built in Heiankyo (Kytoto) Japan by Ashikaga Yoshimasa. -
Period: 1568 to
Momoyama period
The Momoyama Period (or Azuchi-Momoyama Period) were the final years of the Medieval Period, which ended the ‘Warring States’ and Medieval periods, when ‘three great unifiers’ united the country by force under a military government. -
Period: to
Tokugawa (Edo) Period
In the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Japan is united under the Tokugawa clan and society is reorganised around four classes: samurai, farmers, craftsmen and merchants. Life centres on Edo (Tokyo), the new capital of Japan -
Start of the Edo Period
Edo period. The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan. -
End of the Edo Period.
The Meiji Restoration eliminates the position of shogun in Japan, Edo becomes Tokyo, and Edo Castle becomes the Imperial Palace.