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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 | |
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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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| 1374 |
| | | Kanami and Zeami Motokiyo please the shogun with their theatrical performance, and his patronage begins the tradition of Japan's No theatre | |
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| 1397 |
| | | The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto is built by the shogun Yoshimitsu as his own villa | |
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| 1543 |
| | | The first Europeans reach Japan by accident, blown ashore in a storm | |
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| 1573 |
| | | Oda Nobunaga takes power into his own hands, after ruling for a while through the Ashikaga shogun | |
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