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| 1192 |
| | Yoritomo is given the title sei-i-tai-shogun, beginning centuries of rule by shoguns more powerful than the Japanese emperors | |
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| c. 1200 |
| | The samurai provide military support for the shogun, in a system similar to feudalism at this same period in Europe | |
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| c. 1200 |
| | Bushido, the code of the samurai, emphasizes the necessary qualities of respect, decorum, courage and martial skill | |
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| 1231 |
| | The Mongols conquer the Korean peninsula, subsequently using it as a base for two expeditions against Japan | |
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| c. 1250 |
| | A Japanese potter, returning from China, makes Seto the centre of ceramic production in Japan | |
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| 1252 |
| | A huge bronze sculpture, known as Daibutsu and cast in Kamakura, depicts Amida, the Amitabha Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism | |
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| 1274 |
| | The Mongol invasion of Japan in 1274 seems to confirm the doom and disaster foretold by the Buddhist prophet Nichiren | |
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| 1281 |
| | For the second time Japan is saved from Mongol invasion by powerful storms - which are given the name kamikaze, or 'divine wind' | |
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| c. 1300 |
| | The formalities of the Tea Ceremony demand equivalently exquisite wares from the Japanese potters | |
| | Tea Ceremony house Charles Peel
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| 1338 |
| | A new dynasty, the Ashikaga shogunate, comes into power after a member of the family, Takauji, wins a civil war | |
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