Source A: Chronology of periods of shogunate Japan

PERIODS
Heian Period
7941185

KEY EVENTS

Period name Heian means peace and tranquillity

Emperors controlled the government

Emperor Kammu established the new capital at Kyoto

Significant influence from China, including Buddhism,

Daoism and Confucianism

Period of great art, poetry and other forms of literature

Rise of the warrior class (including samurai)

Beginning of military rule (bak ufu)

Minamoto clan established control and in 1192 Minamoto

Yoritomo became shogun

New capital at Kamakura where Minamato clan was centred

(Emperor remained at Kyoto)

Japanese successfully defended the country against two

invasion attempts by Mongol ruler Kublai Khan

Kamakura Period
11851333

Emperor Kammu

Shogun Minamoto Yoritomo

Ashikaga Period
13361603

Kemmu restoration

Attempted restoration of imperial rule by Emperor Go-Daigo

but in the end unsuccessful

Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu restored military government in

Kyoto where the Emperor continued to live

Power of daimyo (local clan lords) greatly expanded and

shoguns power was weak

Daimyo competed with each other for power and the position
of shogun constant wars occurred

First contact with European (Portuguese) explorers in 1543

followed by merchants and Christian missionaries who open
up Japan to western influence

Resistance to Ashikaga rule led by generals Oda Nobunga

and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Japan united for the first time under a strong military shogun,
Tokugawa leyasu

New capital established at Edo, now Tokyo (Emperor

remains in Kyoto)

Shogun introduced strict social hierarchy and clearly defined

social classes

Period of peace, prosperity, innovation and progressive

environmental policies

Christianity banned and no foreigners allowed into Japan

period of seclusion

Japanese forbidden to travel outside Japan on penalty of

death

Resistance to Tokugawa rule led by Western daimyo and

Emperor restored to power in 1868

Tokugawa Period
16031867

Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

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