| 1185 |
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Start of feudal epoch (Shoguns) of Kamakura period in Japan |
| 1191 |
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Zen movement from China becomes popular in Japan |
| 1274 |
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Mongol attacks on Japan repulsed |
| 1336 |
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Ashikaga period in Japan - feudal lords and Samurai warriors |
| 1549 |
|
Spanish Jesuit Francis Xavier tries to convert Japanese to Christianity |
| 1585 |
|
Japan unified under dictator Hideyoshi |
| 1597 |
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Christian converts persecuted in Japan |
| 1603 |
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Tokugawa period - feudal Japan finally unified and pacified |
| 1640 |
|
Japan excludes all foreigners |
| 1694 |
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Death of Bashö (haiku poet) |
