TABLE OF DATES
| 660 B.C. . . . . . . . | Jimmu's accession—legendary. |
| 202 A.D. . . . . . . . | Jingo's invasion of Korea. |
| 294 . . . . . . . . . . . | Influx of Chinese colonists: introduction ideographs. |
| 399 . . . . . . . . . . . | Introduction of silkworms. |
| 552 . . . . . . . . . . . | Introduction of Buddhism. |
| 604 . . . . . . . . . . . | Calendar introduced. |
| 604 . . . . . . . . . . . | Shotoku's constitution. |
| 645—703 . . . . . . | Taikwa Reform. |
| 670 . . . . . . . . . . . | Beginning of Fujiwara dominance. |
| 709—784 . . . . . | Taikwa Nara epoch. |
| 712 . . . . . . . . . . | Oldest extant Japanese book published. |
| 770 . . . . . . . . . . . | Printing introduced. |
| 794—1186 . . . . . | Heian epoch. |
| 794 . . . . . . . . . . | Kyōtō becomes the capital. |
| 805 . . . . . . . . . . | Creation of the Taira family. |
| 814 . . . . . . . . . . | Creation of the Minamoto family. |
| 816 . . . . . . . . . . | Shingon sect founded. |
| 1156 . . . . . . . . . . | Victory of the Taira over the Minamoto. |
| 1174 . . . . . . . . . . | Pure Land sect founded. |
| 1185 . . . . . . . . . . | Minamoto clan destroys the Taira. |
| 1186—1600 . . . . | Military epoch. |
| 1192 . . . . . . . . . . | Establishment of the shogunate. |
| 1200—1333 . . . . | Hōjō control as vicegerents. |
| 1224 . . . . . . . . . . | Spirit sect founded. |
| 1253 . . . . . . . . . . | Nichiren sea founded. |
| 1274 . . . . . . . . . . | Repulse of first Mongol invasion. |
| 1281 . . . . . . . . . . | Repulse of great Mongol invasion. |
| 1332—1393 . . . . | Dual monarchy. |
| 1335—1573 . . . . | Ashikaga Shōguns. |
| 1542 . . . . . . . . . . | First arrival of the Portuguese. |
| 1549 . . . . . . . . . . | St. Francis Xavier introduces Christianity. |
| 1573—1582 . . . . | Control of Nobunaga. |
| 1582-1598 . . . . . | Control of Hideyoshi. |
| 1587 . . . . . . . . . . | First persecution of Christians. |
| 1590 . . . . . . . . . . | Yedo (Tōkyō) founded. |
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