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  2. Japanese architecture - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... of 1869 the history of Japanese architecture was radically ... Tokugawa shogunate, Western influence in ...

  3. List of shoguns - Wikipedia

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    This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as hereditary military dictators, [1] from the beginning of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. [ a ]

  4. Muromachi period - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese contact with the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) began when China was renewed during the Muromachi period after the Chinese sought support in suppressing Japanese pirates in coastal areas of China. Japanese pirates of this era and region were referred to as wokou by the Chinese (Japanese wakō). Wanting to improve relations with China ...

  5. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. ... Go-Daigo and overthrew the Kamakura shogunate ...

  6. Military history of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Real power rested with the Hōjō regents. The Kamakura shogunate lasted for almost 150 years, from 1192 to 1333. The Mongol invasions of Japan (1274 and 1281) were the most important wars of the Kamakura period and defining events in Japanese history. Japan's remote location makes it secure against invaders from the Asian continent.

  7. Tokugawa shogunate - Wikipedia

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    The Tokugawa shogunate, [a] also known as the Edo shogunate, [b] was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. [18] [19] [20]The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars of the Sengoku period following the collapse of the Ashikaga shogunate.

  8. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    This incident was coined as the "Arrival of the Black Ships" in Japanese history. 1854: February: Second Visit. Matthew C. Perry returns to Japan with eight Black Ships and finds that the shogunate had prepared a treaty accepting virtually all demands from President Millard Fillmore. 31 March: The Convention of Kanagawa was signed. [4]

  9. Takayama Jin'ya - Wikipedia

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    The Takayama Jin'ya (高山陣屋) is a surviving Edo period jin'ya which served as the Daikansho for Hida Province under the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan from 1692 to 1871. It is located in what is now Hachiken-machi of the city of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. It has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1929. [1]