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War & Conflict
Feudal Japan and the Samurai, 1185-1877
How a warrior class rose to rule Japan under successive shogunates, and how the Meiji government dismantled the samurai's privileges in the 1870s.
by Aiko Tanaka · 4 tracks · 16 events
11801180 – 1877
Kamakura and MuromachiWarring States to TokugawaBakumatsu and Meiji
1180
1192
1274
1333
Ashikaga Takauji ended Go-Daigo's Kenmu Restoration in 1336 and founded a new shogunate in Kyoto, which grew weaker over time.
134 years · AI-written context
1467
1543
1582
1588
1600
1635
1637
The Tokugawa shogunate kept Japan largely closed to foreigners for about two centuries, until Perry's ships arrived.
216 years · AI-written context
1853
1868 – 1877
Samurai privileges dismantled in nine years
decade view
117016 of 16 events · viewing 1171 – 1172 · Fit for all of 1180 – 18781890