Japanese History Timeline
Japanese Literature 9/13/10 1:44 PM History 1500 ? Lords are fighting for control of Japan 1600 ? Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes Shogun makes daimyo pay for expensive shrines makes Edo (Tokyo) capital brings in lords families? to stay in Edo 1635 ? Tokugawa Iemitsu decrees ?Closed country edict? 1853 ? Matthew Perry?s 4 ?Black Ships? arrive in Edo Bay 1855 ? Huge Earthquake (caused by catfish?who also brought wealth) 1500-1868 - Emperor: not a warrior, figurehead, just born into empire 1860: Send ship of Japanese to finalize treaty in America 1868 ? Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun, abdicates to emperor Meiji, emperor powerful again 1945 ? World War 2, Japan surrenders, emperor figurehead again Vocabulary Shogun ? barbarian-expelling generalissimo/military dictator