Contents
- 1 Jomon period ( Around 8000B.C.〜300 B.C. )
- 2 Yayoi period ( Around 300 B.C.〜300 A.D )
- 3 Yamato period ( Around 300 A.D.〜710 A.D. )
- 4 Nara period ( 710~794 )
- 5 Heian period ( 794~1185 )
- 6 Kamakura period ( 1185~1333 )
- 7 Period of the Northern and Southern Courts ( 1336~1392 )
- 8 Muromachi period ( 1392~1573 )
- 9 Azuchi-Momoyama period ( 1573~1603 )
- 10 Edo period ( 1603~1867 )
- 11 Meiji period ( 1868~1912 )
- 12 Taisho period ( 1912~1926 )
- 13 Showa period ( 1926~1989 )
- 14 Heisei period ( 1989~2019 )
- 15 New period ( 2019~ )
Jomon period
( Around 8000B.C.〜300 B.C. )
Yayoi period
( Around 300 B.C.〜300 A.D )
57A.D
Dispatch of mission to China by a king in Kyushu
211
Sumiyoshi Taisha established
239
Himiko offers tribute to China
Yamato period
( Around 300 A.D.〜710 A.D. )
Around 350
Establishment of the Yamato Court
538〈552〉
Official introduction of Buddhism from Korea
593
Prince Shotoku is appointed regent
Construction of Shitennoji Temple
607
Construction of the Horyu-ji Temple
630
First envoy Tang-dynasty China
645
Taika Reformation
Nara period
( 710~794 )
710
Establishment of Heijo-kyo capital ( Nara )
712
Compilation of Kojiki
720
Compilation of Nihonshoki
752
Construction of Great Buddha in Nara
759
Compilation of Manyoshu
Heian period
( 794~1185 )
794
Establishment of Heian-kyo capital (Kyoto)
858
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes the regent
894
Abolition of Japanese envoys to Tang-dynasty China
Birth of Kana syllabary
905
Compilation of Kokin Wakashu
935
Rebellion of Taira no Masakado
1000
Makura no Soshi is written by Sei Shonagon
1007
The Tale of Genji is written by Murasaki Shikibu
1016
Fujiwara no Michinaga becomes the regent
1067
Taira no Kiyomori becomes the grand minister
1085
Fall of the Taira clan
Kamakura period
( 1185~1333 )
1192
Establishment of the Kamakura government (bakuhu) by Minamoto no Yoritomo
1221
Jokyu Disturbance / Hojo clan comes to power
1274・1281
First and second Mongol invasions of Japan
1333
Collapse of the Kamakura government
Period of the Northern and Southern Courts
( 1336~1392 )
1338
Ashikaga Takauji becomes the Shogun and makes Kyoto his capital city
1392
Unification of the Northern and Southern courts
Muromachi period
( 1392~1573 )
1397
Construction of Kinkaku, the Golden Pavilion by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
Development of noh and kyogen
1467~8
The Ohnin wars devastate Kyoto, ushering in a century of civil anarchy
1543
Portuguese introduce firearms in Tanegashima
1549
St. Francis Xavier introduces Christianity
Christianity was first introduced to Japan in 1549 by Saint Francis Xavier, a Catholic missionary belonging to the Society of Jesus, who arrived at Kagoshima. He was welcomed by local rulers who expected to get something new and useful from him, like the firearms introduced by Portuguese visitors seven years earlier. It is said that at the peak of Christianity, in the early 17th century, there were about 750,000 Christians in Japan. But the Tokugawa shogunate banned this religion in 1612, because he suspected the Jesuits may have had territorial ambitions and believed Christian teachings would harm the establishment of feudalism. Thereafter, Christians were persecuted, and foreign missionaries were banished from Japan. This situation continued until the end of the 19th century, when Japan established diplomatic relations with Europe and the U.S. But it was denounced again during the Second World War as being a foreign religion. Now there are about 650,000 Protestants, 450,000 Catholics and 1.5 million people of other denominations, or about 2.6 million Christians in total in Japan.
1573
Overthrow of the Ashikaga shogunate government
Azuchi-Momoyama period
( 1573~1603 )
1582
The Honnouji Incident, assassination of Oda Nobunaga
1583
Construction of Osaka Castle (Osakajo)
1586
Toyotomi Hideyoshi is appointed the Minister-President
1592
Invasion of Korea ordered by Hideyoshi
1598
Death of Hideyoshi and withdrawal from Korea
1600
Tokugawa Ieyasu wins the Battle of Sekigahara
Edo period
( 1603~1867 )
1603
Ieyasu is given the title of shogun and settles his government in Edo
1612
Prohibition of Christianity
1635
Establishment of the mandatory “alternate year attendance in Edo” for “outer” feudal lords
1637~39
Shimabara Rebellion and subsequent closing of Japan
Birth of kabuki
1853
Commodore Matthew Perry arrives at Uraga
1854
The end of isolation policy / Peace Treaty between the U.S. and Japan
1858
Treaty of Amity and Commerce signed with the U.S.
1867
Return of power to the Emperor by the last Tokugawa Shogun, Yoshinobu
Meiji period
( 1868~1912 )
1868
Meiji Restoration / Emperor Meiji moves his capital to Tokyo
1889
Promulgation of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan
1894
Japan wins Sino-Japanese War
1905
Japan wins Russo-Japanese War
1912
Death of the Meiji Emperor
Taisho period
( 1912~1926 )
1923
Great Kanto Earthquake
Showa period
( 1926~1989 )
1931
Manchurian Incident
1937
Outbreak of war with China
1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor and outbreak of the Pacific War
1945
Air raids on Tokyo / Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration / The end of World War II
1947
Enforcement of the Constitution of Japan
1951
Signing of the peace treaty with 48 other nations in San Francisco
1956
Japan joins the United Nations
1964
Tokyo Olympic Games
1973
Oil crisis
1989
Death of the Showa Emperor
Heisei period
( 1989~2019 )
1990
The collapse of the bubble economy
1995
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
2011
Great Eastern Japan Earthquake
2014
Construction of Abeno Harukas

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