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1147 - 1199Life of Minamoto no Yoritomo, clan leader of the Minamoto and first shogun of Japan.
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1192 - 1333The Kamakura Shogunate rules Japan.
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1192 - 1199Minamoto no Yoritomo is shogun in Japan.
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1202 - 1203Minamoto no Yorie is shogun of Japan.
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1203 - 1219Minamoto no Sanetomo is shogun of Japan.
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1203 - 1205Hojo Tokimasa acts as regent to Japan's shogun, the first of 16 such regents
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1221The Jokyu Disturbance - Japan's emperor Go-Toba launches a failed coup against the Kamakura Shogunate.
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1225The position of vice-regent to the shogun (rensho) is created in Japan.
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1327 - 1333Hojo Moritoki reigns as shogun in Japan, the last of the Kamakura Shogunate.
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c. 1333Nitta Yoshisada attacks and destroys Kamakura, capital of Japan's Kamakura Shogunate.
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1333 - 1336The Kenmu Restoration when the Japanese emperor Go-Daigo uses rebel warlords to oust the Kamakura Shogunate.
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1333The position of deputy shogun (kanrei) is created in Japan.
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1338Ashikaga Takauji becomes the new shogun in Japan, it is the beginning of the Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate.
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1338 - 1573The Ashikaga (Muromachi) Shogunate rules Japan.
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1338 - 1358Ashikaga Takauji rules as shogun in Japan.
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1350 - 1352Japan's shogun Ashikaga Takauji battles his brother Tadayoshi.
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1359 - 1368Ashikaga Yoshiakira rules as shogun in Japan.
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1368 - c. 1394Ashikaga Yoshimitsu rules as shogun in Japan.
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1395 - 1423Ashikaga Yoshimochi rules as shogun in Japan.
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1397The Kinkakuji or 'Golden Pavilion' is built in Heiankyo (Kyoto) by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
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1423 - 1425Ashikaga Yoshikazu rules as shogun in Japan.
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1429 - 1441Ashikaga Yoshinori rules as shogun in Japan.
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1442 - 1443Ashikaga Yoshikatsu rules as shogun in Japan.
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1449 - 1474Ashikaga Yoshimasa rules as shogun in Japan.
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1460 - 1483Ginkakuji Temple (Silver Pavilion) is built in Heiankyo (Kytoto) Japan by Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
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1467 - 1477The Onin War between rival warlords rages in Japan.
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1467 - 1568The Sengoku Period or Warring States Period in Japan.
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1474 - 1489Ashikaga Yoshihisa rules as shogun in Japan.
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1490 - 1493Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his first spell as shogun of Japan.
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1494 - 1508Ashikaga Yoshizumi rules as shogun in Japan.
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1508 - 1521Ashikaga Yoshitane rules in his second spell as shogun of Japan.
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1521 - 1546Ashikaga Yoshiharu rules as shogun in Japan.
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1546 - 1565Ashikaga Yoshiteru rules as shogun in Japan.
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1568Ashikaga Yoshihide rules as shogun in Japan.
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1568 - 1588Ashikaga Yoshiaki rules as shogun in Japan (but is exiled by Oda Nobunaga from 1573 CE).
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1573Oda Nobunaga exiles the last Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiaki.
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1600Tokugawa Ieyasu wins the Battle of Sekigahara against those generals who supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi's son. End of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period.
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1603 - 1868Edo period. The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan.
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1603 - 1605Tokugawa Ieyasu rules as shogun in Japan.
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1868The Meiji Restoration eliminates the position of shogun in Japan, Edo is renamed Tokyo, and Edo Castle becomes the Imperial Palace.
