ANCIENT JAPAN
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Updated: 2 Jul 2018
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Created byJulia Miryam-Chavah Schenzinger
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<-- 10,000 BCE - onward: The Ice
Age ends and land bridges recede
leaving groups of people on an
island that is to become Japan.1,000 - 300 BCE: The Late phase
of the Jomon Period, rice farming
and metalworking are brought to
Japan.c. 300 BCE - c. 250 CE: The
Yayoi Period in ancient
Japan4 BCE: Traditional founding
date of the Ise Grand Shrine
in honor of the Shinto
goddess Amaterasu.c. 82 CE: Contact between Han China and Yayoi Japan.c. 250 - 710 CE: The Yamato Period in ancient Japan, consisting of the Kofun Period and Asuka Period.c. 300 - c. 700 CE: Haniwa terracotta figurines are placed outside Japanese mound tombs or kofun.366 CE: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with Korea.478 CE: The founding of the Toyouke shrine at the Shinto Ise Grand Shrine in Japan.552 CE: Traditional date for the introduction of Buddhism to Japan from Korea.587 CE: The Soga clan establish control of government in Japan.593 CE: The Buddhist Gango-ji temple, the oldest in Japan, is founded at Asuka.607 CE: The Horyuji Buddhist temple is built in Nara, Japan during the reign of Regent Prince Shotoku.645 CE: The Fujiwara clan in Japan is founded by Fujiwara no Kamatari; he leads a coup d'etat in Japan, removing the Soga clan from power; the Japanese capital is moved from Asuka to Naniwa.708 CE: Japan's first coinage, the Wado kaiho, is introduced.710 - 784 CE: Nara is the capital of ancient Japan; this is recognized as the Nara Period, not actually ending until 794 CE.720 CE: The Nihon Shoki is written, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion735 - 737 CE: Japan suffers two smallpox epidemics which kills 25-35% of the populationc. 759 CE: The Manyoshu or 'Collection of 10,000 Leaves' is written, an important Shinto source and classic of Japanese poetry.794 - 1185 CE: The Heian Period in ancient Japan.806 CE: The Shinto shrine of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha is built on Mount Fuji.c. 1002 CE: Sei Shonagon completes The Pillow Book.c. 1020 CE: The Tale of Genji is completed by Murasaki Shikibu in Japan.1147 - 1199 CE: Life of Minamoto no Yoritomo, clan leader of the Minamoto and first shogun of Japan.1185 - 1333 CE: the Kamakura
Period; Beginning of military
rule, as samurai (warriors)
replaced nobles as real rulers of Japan.
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