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TIME PERIOD |
NAME OF PERIOD |
DESCRIPTION |
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300 BC | Jamon | The early Japanese were gatherers, hunters and fishers. |
| 300 BC-250 | Yayoi | The intoduction of rice agriculture evokes the development of a social hierarchy and of hundereds of small countries that started to unify into larger countries. |
| 300-710 | Yamot | 300 Japan is for the first time more or less united.
538/552 Introduction of Buddhism.
604 Prince Shotoku's Constitution of seventeen articles is promulgated.
645 The Taika reform is introduced. The Fujiwara era starts.
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| 710-784 | Nara | 710 Nara becomes the first permanent capital.
784 The capital moves to Nagaoka
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| 794-1185 | Heian | 794 The capital moves to Heian (Kyoto).
1016 Fujiwara Michinaga becomes regent.
1159 The Taira clan under Taira Kiyomori takes over the power after the Heiji war.
1175 The Buddhist Jodo sect (Pure land sect) is introduced.
1180-85 In the Gempei War, the Minamoto clan puts an end to Taira supremacy.
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| 1185-1333 | Kama Kura | 1191 The Zen sect is
intoduced.
1192 Minamoto Yoritomo is appointed shogun and establishes the Kamakura government.
1221 The Jokyu Disturbance ends a struggle between Kamakura and Kyoto resulting in the supremacy of the Hojo regents in Kamakura.
1232 A legal code, the Joei Shikimoku, is promulgated.
1274 and 1281 The Mongols try to invade Japan twice, but fail mainly because of bad weather conditions.
1333 The Kamakura bakufu falls.
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| 1338-1573 | Muru Machi | 1334 Kemmu restoration: the emperor restores power over Japan.
1336 Ashikaga Takauji captures Kyoto.
1337 The emperor flees and establishes the Southern court in Yoshino.
1338 Takauji establishes the Muromachi government and a second emperor in Kyoto (Northern court).
1392 Unification of the Southern and Northern courts.
1467-1477 Onin war.
1542 Portuguese introduce firearms and christianity to Japan.
1568 Nobunaga enters Kyoto.
1573 The Muromachi Bakufu falls.
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