Japanese History Timeline

Jomon Period ( - B.C. 300)

• fishing and hunting

Yayoi Peiod (B.C. 300 - A.D. 250)

• wet rice cultivation begins

Kofun Period (A.D. 250 - )

• The Yamato Court was established in 350.

Asuka Period (538 - )

• Buddhism was introduced to Japan in 538.
• Shotoku was appointed as the crown prince and regent in 593.

Nara Period (710 - )

• The Heijokyo capital was established in 710.

Heian Period (794 - )

• The capical was moved to Kyoto (Heiankyo) in 794.

Kamakura Period (1192 - )

• The Kamakura Shogunate was established in 1192 in Kamakura by Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo.
• The Kamakura Shogunate collapsed in 1333.

Muromachi Period (1334 - )

• The Muromachi Shogunate was established in 1336 by Shogun Ashikaga Takauji.
• It's the Warring States period in Japan.

Azuchi Momoyama Period (1573 - )

• The Muromachi Shogunate collapsed in 1573.
• Oda Nobunags and Toyotomi Hideyoshi tried to unify the country.
• Battle of Sekigahara in 1600.

Edo Period (1603 - )

• The Tokugawa Shogunate was established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Meiji Period (1868 - )

• Meiji restoration in 1968.

Taisho Period (1912 - )

• Entered World War I in 1914.

Showa Period (1926 - )

• The Pacific War began in 1941.
• The Summer Olympic Games took place in Tokyo in 1964.

Heisei Period (1989 - )

• Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred in 1995.
• The Winter Olympic Games took place in Nagano in 1998.