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The Meiji Restoration was a political event that took place in Japan in 1868. In it, the Tokugawa family, a warrior clan that had ruled Japan for more than 260 years, was overthrown by a group of political activists who proclaimed...

Illustrated timeline of Medieval Japan, showing the evolution of feudal society, religion, government and military through several periods: - Kamakura Period (1185 - 1333) - Muromachi Period (1333 - 1573) - Sengoku...

Relations between ancient Japan and China have a long history, and in certain periods the exchange of political, religious and cultural practices between the two was intense. China, the much older state and the...

The Muromachi Period (Muromachi Jidai, 1333-1573 CE) refers to the period of Japanese medieval history when the Ashikaga shogun capital was located in the Muromachi area of Heiankyo (Kyoto). Replacing the Kamakura Shogunate (1192-1333...

Ancient East Asia was dominated by the three states known today as China, Japan, and Korea. These kingdoms traded raw materials and high-quality manufactured goods, exchanged cultural ideas and practices, and fought...

The Azuchi-Momoyama Period (Azuchi-Momoyama Jidai, aka Shokuho Period, 1568/73 - 1600 CE) was a brief but significant period of medieval Japan's history which saw the country unified after centuries of a weak central government...

This lecture discusses the livelihood of those living in Japan during the Heian period. By: Kanda University of International Studies.

Two British prisoners of war being made to work the land in the Japanese prison camp at Ube, Japan, in 1943-44, during WWII's Pacific War. Imperial War Museums, London.

A map of Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600 CE).

This map depicts all major Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines of Japan around the year 1200 CE. Notice that many renowned temples (such as the famous Kinkaju-ji) have not yet been built...