Western Date |
Period |
Japanese Gardens |
Other Events in Japan |
Events Outside Japan |
| 10000 B.C. |
Jomon
(c.10000 - c.300 B.C.) |
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| 300 B.C. |
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Wet rice agriculture developed |
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| 200 B.C. |
Yayoi (300 B.C. - A.D. 300) |
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Bronze and iron tools
Wheel-thrown pottery |
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| 100 B.C. |
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Bronze bells (dôtaku) |
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| 200 A.D. |
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| 300 A.D. |
Kofun (300 - 552) |
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Haniwa figures
Burial mounds constructed
Yamato-kuni, clan system(uji)
Imperial line probably emerges |
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| 400 A.D. |
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| 500 A.D. |
Asuka (552 - 710) |
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558 Buddhism introduced
574-622 Shotoku-taishi regent
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| 600 A.D. |
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645-649 Taika Reforms |
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| 700 A.D. |
Nara (710 - 794) |
Chinese garden art introduced to Japan via Buddhism |
701 Taiho Codex
712 Kojiki completed
729 Nihonshoki completed
741 kokubunji established
749 Manyoshu completed
Development of shinden architecture
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| 800 A.D. |
Heian (794 - 1185) |
Morohajinja, Kyoto |
774-835 Kukai (founder of Shingon sect)
(development of kana) |
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| 900 A.D. |
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942-1017 Genshin (advanced Jodo 'Pure Land' sect) |
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| 1000 A.D. |
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1053 Byodoin, Fushimi |
c. 1000 Genji monogatari
Sakuteiki |
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| 1100 A.D. |
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1117 Motsuji, Hiraizumi
1130 Hokongoin, Kyoto
1150 Joruridera, Kyoto
1180 Daijoin, Nara |
1133-1212 Honen-shonin; founds Jodo school (1175)
1147-1199 Minamoto no Yoritomo; first shogun (1192)
1173-1262 Shinran Shonin; founds Jodo-shinshu |
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| 1200 A.D. |
Kamakura (1185 - 1392) |
1264-1287 Nanzenin, Kyoto |
1200-1253 Dogen Zenshi; transmits Zen sect
1222-1282 Nichiren; founds Hokkeshu sect
Development of castle towns
1274-1281 Mongol invasion of Kyushu |
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| 1300 A.D. |
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1327 Zuisenji, Kamakura
1339 Saihoji, Kyoto
1339 Tenryuji, Kyoto
1394 Rokuonji (Kinkakuji), Kyoto |
1275-1351 Muso Soseki (Kokushi);Zen priest and garden designer;
Sumi-e ink painting
1358-1408 Ashikaga Yoshimitsu; shogun, arts patron
1378 Shogunate moves to Muromachi
Shoin architecture developed |
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| 1400 A.D. |
Muromachi/Ashikaga (1392 - 1573) |
1482 Jishoji (Ginkakuji), Kyoto
1499 Ryoanji, Kyoto |
1436-1490 Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Senzui narabi ni yagyo no zu (garden text)
1467-1477 Onin Wars
1491 Shinjuan |
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| 1500 A.D. |
Momoyama (1573 - 1603) |
1509-1513 Daisenin, Kyoto
Ryogenin, Kyoto
Joeiji, Yamaguchi prefecture
Nanshuji, Sakai-shi
1598 Sanboin, Kyoto |
1521 Sen no Rikyu born; tea-master
1534-1582 Oda Nobunaga
1536-1598 Toyotomi Hideyoshi
mid-1500's tea culture development
1542-1616 Tokugawa Ieyasu
1549 Francisco de Xavier; missionary arrives
1590 Hideyoshi reunites islands, bringing peace
1592-1595 Hideyoshi invades Korea |
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| 1600 A.D. |
Tokugawa/Edo (1603 - 1868) |
1601-1623 Nijojo Castle, Kyoto
Fushinan, Omote Senke, Kyoto
1615 Katsurarikyu, Kyoto
1628 Nanzenji, Kyoto
1629 Konchiin, Kyoto
1632 Hamarikyu, Kyoto
1632-1641 Suizenji, Kumamoto
1633 Sento Gosho, Kyoto
1636 Daitokuji, Kyoto
Shisendo, Kyoto
1648 Ura Senke, Kyoto
1652 Shugakuin, Kyoto
1656 Manshuin, Kyoto
1660 Isoen, Kagoshima
1674 Chishakuin
1673-1681 Entsuji, Kyoto
1680 Honenin, Kyoto
1690 Ninnaji, Kyoto |
1579-1647 Kobori Enshu; tea master, garden designer
1603 Ieyasu moves shogunate to Edo
1615 Most casles destroyed
1617 Yoshiwara entertainment quarters established
machiya architecture developed
Kabuki theatre
Bunraku puppet theatre
Ukiyo-e woodblock prints
Iemoto system developed
1657 Edo destroyed by fire
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| 1700 A.D. |
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1700 Ritsurin Koen, Takamatsu
1702-1716 Rikugien, Tokyo
Shinjuan, Kyoto
Kohoan, Kyoto
1751-1772 Hirayama Soyo, Chiran |
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| 1800 A.D. |
Meiji (1868 - 1911) |
1800 Shigaki, Okinawa
1841-1842 Kairakuen, Mito (Ibaraki)
Many stroll gardens converted to public parks. (c. 1870-1890)
1895 Murinan
1895-1914 Heian Jingu, Kyoto |
1858 Commodore Perry forces commercial ports open
1862 Embassy sent to Europe
1867 Tokugawa shogunate falls
1868 Meiji Restoration
1889 Meiji Constitution
1894-1895 Sino-Japanese war |
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| 1900 A.D. |
Taisho (1912 - 1925)
Showa (1926 - 1988)
Heisei (1989 - Present) |
1915 Meiji Jingu, Tokyo
1938 Tofukuji, Kyoto
1961 Gyokudo Bijutsukan, Ome
1961 Zuihoin, Kyoto
1967 Tenrikyo, Tokyo
1970 Keio Plaza Hotel, Kyoto
1977 Soseien, Kurume (Fukuoka) |
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese war
1912 Great Kanto earthquake
1914 Japan enters WW I
1937 Manchuria invaded
1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki; Capitulation
follows
1951 Peace Treaty signed |
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| 2000 A.D. |
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