time periods in Japan
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| 387961732 | beginning | Shintoism and regional political organization based on tribal chiefs 522, missionaries bring Buddhism | 0 | |
| 388037827 | imperial Japan | Taika, Nara, Heian | 1 | |
| 387961733 | Taika (reforms) | 645-710, try to remake Japanese monarch into absolute Tang-style emperor, but reject Confucianism | 2 | |
| 387961734 | Heian | 794-1185, resistance from Buddhist monks against Taika reforms led to new capital w/ultracivilized culture (The Tale of Genji) Fujiwara influence over imperial affairs, but keep puppet emperor Bushi and samurai gain power | 3 | |
| 387961736 | Gempei Wars | 1180 - 1185, Minamoto beat Taira | 4 | |
| 388073662 | feudalism | 1185 - 1868, figurehead emperor, shogun (chief general), daimyo (warrior nobility), samurai, peasants/artisans Kamakura Shogunate, Ashikaga Shogunate, Tokugawa Shogunate | 5 | |
| 388073663 | Kamakura Shogunate | 1185 - 1333, Hojo family manipulates Minamoto shoguns who rule for figurehead Kyoto emperor | 6 | |
| 387961737 | Ashikaga Shogunate | 1336 - 1573, Ashikaga Takuaji led bushi revolt to overthrow Kamakura Self-destruction in late 15th c led to small kingdoms ruled by daimyo | 7 | |
| 387961739 | (Oda) Nobunaga | 1573, depose last Ashikaga shoguns and lets Portuguese traders and missionaries visit | 8 | |
| 387961740 | (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi | 1590s, military master who tries to expand, drives out foreigners (isolation) | 9 | |
| 387961741 | (Tokugawa) Ieyasu | 17th c, becomes shogun and brings political unity | 10 | |
| 388073664 | Tokugawa Shogunate | 1603 - 1867, centered at Edo (Tokyo) Rigid social classes National Seclusion Policy Traditional kabuki and haiku | 11 | |
| 387961742 | Matthew Perry | 1853, US forces Japan to open up to trade | 12 | |
| 387961743 | Meiji (Restoration) | 1868-1912, abolish samurai, centralized imperial rule w/advisors and limited Western representative institutions Quick industrial revolution; pays for machine/resource imports w/silk exports; zaibatsu (combines) Imperialism - win Sino-Japanese War against China for Korea and Taiwan, Russo-Japanese War for Manchuria | 13 | |
| 387961746 | WWI | 1914-1918, helped British ally by attacking German colonies in China and Pacific; present Twenty-One Demands to Yuan Shikai | 14 | |
| 387961747 | Great Depression | 1929, hurts silk exports Military gov't slowly take over 1931, conquer Manchuria | 15 | |
| 387961749 | WWII | late 1940s, invade China from Manchukuo (Rape of Nanjing) and take Western colonies in se Asia for resources (oppression=guerrilla resistance) Sign Tripartite Act w/Rome and Berlin; Pearl Harbor; nuclear bombs | 16 | |
| 387961751 | US occupies Japan | After WWII, gets rid of military Multiparty democracy w/women's suffrage | 17 | |
| 387961752 | Liberal Democratic Party | 1955-1990s, monopolize gov't | 18 | |
| 387961753 | economic power | Multinational corporations bc education, no military, and group solidarity labor policies | 19 |
