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Feudal Japan. Beginnings. 300 BC – Chinese and Koreans to Japan Warring Clans 400 AD Yamato family Emperor Yamato emperors still rule today. Heian Period. 794-1185 Japanese emperor moved his court from Nara to Heiam (modern Kyoto) Art and writing flourished. Feudalism.
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Beginnings • 300 BC – Chinese and Koreans to Japan • Warring Clans • 400 AD • Yamato family • Emperor • Yamato emperors still rule today
Heian Period • 794-1185 • Japanese emperor moved his court from Nara to Heiam (modern Kyoto) • Art and writing flourished
Feudalism • 1100: Emperor loses power • Clans established armies • Land given to warlords in turn for protection • Warlords (lords) surrounded themselves with warriors called samurai
Shoguns • 1192 Minamoto clan emerges • = shogun • “Supreme general of the lord’s army” • Emperor still remained, but the shogun held the power
1192-1600 • Turmoil and warfare • 1600- Tokugawa clan restored order to the chaos, became shogun, and moved his capital to Edo • Edo would come to be known as Tokyo • 1600-1868 – Japan restored period of stability • Persecuted Christians (Catholics) • 1639 – closed port