History of Japan: Timeline

1192   Minamoto no Yoritomo granted title of shogun Shogun

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, thereby officially establishing the first shogunate in the history History of Japan

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 of Japan Japan

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1854   Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy United States Navy

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, signs the Treaty/Convention of Kanagawa with the Japan Japan

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ese government, to be precise, Tokugawa Shogunate Tokugawa shogunate

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, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American United States

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 trade. (See History of Japan)

1867   Transition from the Edo period Edo period

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 to the Meiji period in Japanese history History of Japan

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1912   the Meiji Emperor of Japan Japan

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, dies. He is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, the Taisho Emperor. In Japanese History History of Japan

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, the event marks the end of the Meiji period and the beginning of the Taisho Era.

1926   In Japanese History History of Japan

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, end of the Taisho period and beginning of the Showa era and the period of Japanese expansionism