| Please
choice the period. |
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| Prehistory | |
| Kofun period | |
| Nara period | |
| Heian period | |
| Kamakura period | |
| Muromachi period | |
| Azuchi-momoyama period | |
| Edo period | |
| Meiji period |
Prehistory(Befor ca.ad.300)
| ◆Japanese History◆ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Before 30,000B.C. |
Paleolithic culture. | |
| Ca. 10,000B.C. | Jomon culture. | |
| Ca.300B.C. | Yayoi culture emerges with the introduktion of wet-rice cultivation. | |
| Ca.A.D.1 | Japan mentioned in Chinese historical records as the
land of Wa,composed of a number of states. |
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| 57 | King of the state of Na in Wa offers tribute to the
Later Han dynasty and is awarded a gold seal. |
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| 239 | Himiko sends an envoy to the kingdom of Wei. | |
| ◆World History◆ | ||
| A.D.334 | Alexander the Great begins his conquest of the East. |
Nara period(710-794)
| ◆Japanese History◆ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ca.A.D. 710 | Heijyokyo established. | |
| 712 | Compilation of the Kojiki(record of Ancient
Matters)is complated by O no Yasumaro. |
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| 720 | NIhon syoki(Chronicle of Japan)complated. | |
| 723 | Kaw of Three Generations or a Lifetime put into effect. | |
| 733 | Regional gazetteer Izumo fudoki completed. | |
| 743 | Konden Einen Shizai Ho promulgated. | |
| 752 | The Great Buddha at Todaiji is complated. | |
| 759 | The Man'syosyu(Collection of Ten Ehousand
Leaves)completed around this time. |
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| 784 | Capital moved to Nagaokakyo. | |
| 788 | Saicho,founder of the Tendai sect,establishes the temple of enryakuji. |
Heian period(794-1185)
| ◆Japanese History◆ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ca.A.D. 794 | Capital moved to Heiankyo. | |
| 823 | Kukai,fpunder of the Shingon sect,appointed abbot of Toji. | |
| 866 | Fujiwara no Yoshifusa establishes himself as regent. | |
| 905 | The kokin wakasyu(collection from Ancient and
Modern Times) is completed. |
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| 935 | Ki no Tsurayuki composes the Tosa nikki(The
Tosa Diary), witten in the native kana syllabary. |
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| 996 | Sei shonagon's Makura no soshi(The Pillow
Book)is now in circulation. |
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| 1008 | Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genjihas now been writen. | |
| 1016 | Fujiwara no Michinaga becomes regent. | |
| 1069 | Emperor Go-Sanjo establishies the Office for the
Investigation of Shoen DOcuments. |
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| ◆World History◆ | ||
| A.D.800 | Charlemagne crowned by Pope LeoⅢ as Charles I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. |
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| 960 | Beginning of the Northen Song dynasty(960-1126) in China. | |
| 1066 | William,duke of Normandy,is crowned king of Engrand. | |
| 1096 | The first expedition of the Crusaders. | |
| 1127 | Beginning of the Southern Song dynasty(1127-1279)in China. |
Kamakura period(1185-1333)
| ◆Japanese History◆ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ca.A.D.1185 | Minamoto no Yoshitsune annihilates the Taira family
un the Battle of Dannoura. Minamoto no Yoritomo receives from the imperial court the right to appoint provincial constables and estate stewards. |
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| 1191 | Eisai,founder of the Rinzai sect,returns from China
and begins to advocate Chinese Zen teaching. |
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| 1192 | Minamoto Yoritomo assumes the title of seii tai
syogun (Barbarian-subduing Generalissimo). |
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| 1203 | Hojyo Tokimasa assumes the office of shogunal regent. Kaikei and Unkei sculpt the pair of guardian deities housed in the Great South Gate at the temple of Todaiji. |
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| 1205 | Shin kokin wakasyu(New Collection form ancient
and Modern Times)is submitted to the throne by Fujiwara no Sadaie and others. |
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| 1212 | Kamo no Cyomei comolates his essay Hojyoki (An Avvount of My Hut). |
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| 1218 | Early version of the Heike monogatari(The Tale if
the Heike) in existence by about this time. |
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| 1221 | Jyokyu Disturbance. | |
| 1224 | SHinran completes the Kyogyoshinsyo(A
Collection of Passages Revealing of the Pure Land);Jodo Shin sect is established. |
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| 1227 | Dogen establishes the Soto sect. | |
| 1232 | Goseibai Shikimoku(The Formulary of Adjudications )promulgated. | |
| 1253 | Nichiren establishes the Nichiren sect. | |
| 1274 | First of the Mongol invasions of Japan. | |
| 1279 | Ippen,the founder of the Ji sect,starts preaching the
"dancing nembutsu" |
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| 1281 | Second of the Mongol invasions of Japan. | |
| 1330 | Yoshida Kenko completes the collection of essays Tsurezuregusa(Essays in Idleness) |
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| ◆World History◆ | ||
| A.D.215 | Magna Carta issued,under duress,by King John of England. | |
| 1271 | Marco Polo sets out on his journey to the court of
the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. |
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| 1279 | Kublai Khan conquers the Southern Song and
establishes the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) in China. |
Muromachi period(1333-1568)
| ◆Japanese History◆ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ca.A.D.1333 | Kamakura shogunate collapses. Kemmu Restoration(1333-1336). |
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| 1337 | Emperor Go-Daigo escapes to Yoshino and establishes the Southern Court. | |
| 1338 | Ashikaga Takauji receives the title of seii tai
syogun,founds the Muromachi shogunate. |
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| 1370 | Form around this time fleets of Japanese pirates
pillage coastal areas of China and Korea. |
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| 1392 | Northen and Southern Couets reconciled. | |
| 1397 | Ashikaga Yoshimitsu begins construction of
Kitayama-dono (later becomes Kinkakuji;Temple of the Golden Pavilliom). |
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| 1400 | Zeami completes the first three chapters of the Fushi
kaden (Transmission of the Flower of Acting Style). |
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| 1404 | Tlly trade initiated with Ming-dynasty China. | |
| 1428 | Peasant uprising in Kyoto and surrounding provinces. | |
| 1467 | Onin War begins(1467-77). | |
| 1483 | Ashikaga Yoshimasa settles at the villa that later
become Ginkakuji(Temple of the silver Pavillion);this becomes known as the center of Higashiyama culture. |
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| 1488 | Adherents of the Jodo Shin sect establish autonomous rule in Kaga Province (Ikko ikki:Shingle-minded Uprising). |
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| 1495 | Sesshu Toyo produces Haboku sansuizu(Haboku Landscape). | |
| 1543 | Matchlock muskets are introduces to Japan by the
Portuguese on Tanegashima. |
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| 1549 | Francis Xavier establishes Japan's first Christian
mission at Kagoshima. |
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| ◆World History◆ | ||
| A.D.1337 | Hundred Years'War begins. | |
| 1347 | Black Death rages in Europe(1347-51). | |
| 1368 | Zhu Yuanzhang founds the Ming dynasty(1368-1644) in China. | |
| 1392 | Yi Song-gye founds the Yi dynasty(1392-1910) in Korea. | |
| 1455 | Johannes Gutenberg complates the Forty-Two Line
Bible,printed from movable type. |
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| 1492 | Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas. | |
| 1498 | Vasco da Gama,after a voyage around the Cape of Good
Hope, reachies Calicut in India. |
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| 1517 | Martin Luther nails the Ninety Five These to the
church door at Wittenberg. |
Azuchi-Momoyama period(1568-1600)
| ◆Japanese History◆ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ca.A.D.1568 | Oda Nobunaga enters Kyoto. | |
| 1573 | Oda Nobunaga ousts Ashikaga Yoshiaki;Muromachi shogunate collapses. | |
| 1582 | Honnoji Incident;Oda Nobunaga is assassinated by
Akechi Mitsuhide. Toyotomi Hideyoshi initiates the Taiko kenchi(cadastral surveys by Taiko). |
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| 1588 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi issues the order of sword hunt. | |
| 1590 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi pacifies all of Japan. | |
| 1591 | Sen no Rikyu is forced to commit suicide by Hideyoshi. | |
| 1592 | First of the invasions of Korea. | |
| 1597 | Second of the invasions of Korea. |
Edo period(1600-1868)
| ◆Japanese History◆ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ca.A.D.1600 | Battle of Sekigahara | |
| 1603 | Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of seii tai
syogun, founds the Tokugawa shogunate. |
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| 1612 | Shogunate issues directives aimed at resrticting Christianity(anti-Christian edicts). | |
| 1614 | TheWinter's Siege of Osaka Castle. | |
| 1615 | The Summer Campaign of Osaka Castle;Toyotomi
Hideyosri commits suiside. Shogunate promulgates the Buke shohatto(Laws for the Military House)and Kinchu Narabi ni Kuge SHohatto(Laws Governing the ImperialCourt and Nobikity). |
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| 1635 | System of mandatory akternate residence in Edo by daimyo formalized. | |
| 1636 | Dejima at Nagasaki completed. | |
| 1637 | Shimabara Uprising(1637-38). | |
| 1639 | Edicts establishing National Seclusion are completed. | |
| 1682 | Ihara Saikaku publishes KOsyoku ichidai otoko(The Life of an Amorous Man). | |
| 1688 | Beginning of Genroku era(1688-1704);the golden age of
kabuki and jyoruri. |
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| 1689 | Matsui Basyo departs on the journey of Oku no
hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North). |
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| 1703 | Band of former retainers of the Ako domain,under the
leadership of Oishi Yoshio, carry out a vendetta against Kira Yoshinaka(Forty-Seven Ronin Incident). First performance of Sonezaki shinjyu(The Love Suiside at Sonezaki), witten by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. |
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| 1709 | Arai Hakuseki becomes a key shougunal adviser. | |
| 1716 | Tokugawa Yoshimune becomes shogun;Kyoho Reforms(1716-45)commence. | |
| 1721 | Meyasubako is posted. | |
| 1767 | Tanuma Okitsugu becomes grand chamberlain. | |
| 1774 | Kaitai shinsyo(New Book of Anatomy) publishied
by Sugita Genpaku and Maeno Ryotaku. |
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| 1776 | Ueda Akinari publishies Ugetsu monogatari (Tales of Moonlight and Rain). | |
| 1782 | Temmei Famine(1782-87)begins. | |
| 1787 | Matsudaira Sadanobu becomes senior shogunal
councillor;Kansei Reforms(1787-93) initiated. |
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| 1798 | Motoori Norinaga completes the Kojiki den, a
maijor work in the National Learning movement. |
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| 1800 | Ino Tadataka begins his cartographic survey of all Japan(1800-16). | |
| 1802 | Jippensha Ikku publishied the first volume of Tokaidochu hizakurige(shank's Mare). | |
| 1807 | Takizawa Bakin begins publication of Chinsetsu
yumiharizuki (Crescent Moon:The Adventures of Tametom). |
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| 1809 | Mamiya Rinzo discover the Tatar Strait. | |
| 1820 | Konayashi Issa complates Oraga Haru(The Year of My Life). | |
| 1825 | Shogunate issues the Gaikokusen Uchiharai Rei(Orser for the Repelling of Foreign Ships). | |
| 1831 | Katsushika Hokusai's series of ukiyo-e Fugaku
sanjurokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mt.Fuji) begins to appear by about this time. |
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| 1833 | Tempo Famine(1833-36)begins. Publication of Ando Hiroshige's ukiyo-e Tokaido Gojusantsugi (Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido Road) begins. |
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| 1873 | Rebellion of Oshio Heihachiro. | |
| 1839 | Bansha o Goku (Imprisonment of the Companions of Barbarian Studies). | |
| 1841 | Tempo Reforms(1841-43) initiated by Mizuno Tadakuni. | |
| 1853 | Four warships of the U.S. East India
Squadron,commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry, call at Uraga. |
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| 1854 | Kanagawa Treaty (Treaty of Peace and Amity between
the United States and the Empire of Japan)signed. |
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| 1858 | Ansei commericial treaties are concluded. | |
| 1860 | Assassination of Ii Naosuke (Sakuradamongai Incident). | |
| 1866 | Satsuma-Choshu Alliance formed against the Tokugawa
shogunate. The second of the Choshu Expeditions. |
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| 1867 | Formal return of political authority to the emperor
by Tokugawa Yoshinobu; Taisei Hokan (Return of Political Rule to the Emperor). |
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| ◆World History◆ | ||
| A.D.1600 | British East India Company incorporated by royal charter. | |
| 1602 | Dutch establish the Dutch East India Company. | |
| 1644 | Manchus establish the Qing Dynasty(1644-1912) in China. | |
| 1689 | English Bill of Rights enacted. | |
| 1776 | Continental Congress issues the U.S. Declaration of Independence. | |
| 1789 | French Revolution begins. | |
| 1804 | Napoleon Crowns himself emperpr of France. | |
| 1873 | Victoria becomes queen of England(1837-1901) | |
| 1839 | Opium War begins in China(1839-42). | |
| 1858 | China signs Treaties of Tianjin. | |
| 1861 | Civi War begins in the United States(1861-65). | |
| 1864 | The First International is founded in London. |
Meiji period(1868-1912)
| ◆Japanese History◆ | ||
|---|---|---|
| A.D.1868 | Restorakution of Imperial Rule;Restoration. Boshin Civil War(1868-69) begins. Charter Oath promulgated. |
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| 1869 | Formal return of domainal registars to Emperor Meiji. | |
| 1871 | Postal service establishied. | |
| 1872 | Ralroad begins operation between Shimbashi and
Yokohama. The Education Order is promulated. |
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| 1873 | Gregorian calendar adopted on 1 January(Meiji 5.12.3
according to the lunar calendar). Conscription Ordinance enacted. Land Tax Reform Law issued. |
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| 1874 | Itagaki Taisuke and others submit the Tosa Memorial. | |
| 1876 | Treaty of Langhwa signed with Korea. | |
| 1877 | Satuma Rebollion;Saigo Takamori commits suiside. | |
| 1880 | Formation of the League for Establishing a National
Assenbly. Public Assembly Ordinance issued to control the Freedom and People's Rights movement. |
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| 1881 | Imperial rescript promises the promulgation of a
constitution and the converning of a national assembly. Jiyuto(Liberal Party) is formed. |
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| 1883 | Complation of the Rokumeikan. | |
| 1887 | Futabatei Shimei begins publication of Ukigumo(Drifting Clouds). | |
| 1889 | Constitution of the Empire of Japan promulgated. | |
| 1890 | Mori Ogai publishes "Maihime"(The Dancing
Girl). Imperial Rescript on Education Distributed to all schools. First session of the Imperial Diet convned. |
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| 1894 | Abglo-Japanese Commuericial Treaty of 1894 signed;it
abolishes extraterritoriality. Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 begins. |
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| 1895 | Treaty of Shimonoseki signed. Tripartite Intervention. |
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| 1900 | Myojyo(Bright Star) begins publication under the editorship of Yosano Tekkan. | |
| 1902 | Anglo-Japan Alliance signed. | |
| 1904 | Ruso-Japanese War of 1904-1905 begins. | |
| 1905 | Natsume Soseki begins serialization of Wagahai wa neko de aru(I Am a Cat). | |
| 1906 | Shimazaki Toson publishes Hakai(The Broken Commandment). | |
| 1910 | High Treason Incident. Annexation of Korea. Ishikawa Takuboku publishes Ichiaku no suna(A Handful of Sand). |
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| 1911 | Treaties signed with the Western powers thah restor tariff autonomy to Japan. Nishida Kitaro publishes Zen no kenkyu(A Study of Good). |
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| ◆World History◆ | ||
| A.D.1870 | Franco-Prussian War(1870-71) begins. | |
| 1871 | Unification of Germany. | |
| 1876 | The first successful telephone transmission is achieved by Alexander Graham Bell. | |
| 1883 | Sino-French War(1883-85) begins. | |
| 1896 | First modern Olympic Games held at Athens. | |
| 1900 | Boxer Rebellion China. |