From the eighth century to the third century BC, people began to make rope patterns on pottery.
About the third century BC, agriculture and methods of making metal utensils were introduced from the Asian continent, and the introduction of iron made agriculture develop. People began to make weapons and used bronze mirrors and swords in religious ceremonies. Due to the division of labor, divided rulers and ruled began to appear in society, and tribes and countries also emerged.
The 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD was the "Yayoi period", and advanced pottery tools and technologies such as hoist kiln were introduced to Japan one after another. In the fourth century, the evil Mattel became stronger and unified all countries.
From the 4th century to the 6th century, Korean culture was introduced to China, and Confucianism and Buddhism were also introduced to Japan. Japan established relations with North Korea, and introduced from North Korea technologies such as textile, metalworking, tanning and shipbuilding invented by China in the Han Dynasty. The Japanese introduced ideographs from China to learn China's medical skills, astronomical calendars and Confucianism. And imitate that political system established by China.
At the beginning of the eighth century, Japan established its first capital in Nara and began the Nara era. Members of the royal family have lived in Nara for more than 70 years, and their influence is getting stronger and stronger, gradually extending to the whole country.
Heian period began in 794 AD. Based on the capital of China at that time, the Japanese imperial dynasty established a new capital in Kyoto, which was called "Ping An Jing". As the capital, Ping An Beijing has lasted for nearly a thousand years. Japan absorbed a lot of China culture in its early days, which was a process of absorption and assimilation, and foreign things gradually became Japanese. It was during this period that the Japanese character "pseudonym" was formed. "Kana" is divided into "Katakana" and "Hiragana". Based on Chinese characters, it is formed by taking radicals and some cursive scripts of Chinese characters, thus establishing a unique writing system.
1 192, Yuan Laichao set up a shogunate in Kamakura (now near Tokyo), which carried out the New Deal, encouraged people in the shogunate to practice martial arts and strengthen discipline. Bushido was very popular in Kamakura era.
12 13, Kitajima seized power from Genji. Kitajima is the family of Yuan Lai's wife, who was in charge of the shogunate during the regency period.
From 1333 to 1338, Zunshi established a new shogunate in Muromachi, Kyoto, which is known as the Muromachi era. Muromachi samurai have been in power for more than 200 years. Due to the strict discipline of Bushido, artistic and religious activities are deeply affected. Today, Japanese art remains very formal and simple.
At the end of the 16th century, Japan was ravaged by the civil war and dominated the country. 1590, General Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the world. 1592 and 1597, the Toyotomi family sent troops to attack North Korea twice, but they were resisted by North Korea and China and eventually failed.
1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was ill and saw Taoshan Castle in Wufu, and General Tokugawa Ieyasu wiped out his opponent in the Battle of Guanyuan. 1603, the Tokugawa shogunate was established in Edo, and history entered the Edo era, which lasted for 264 years.
After the reunification of Tokugawa Ieyasu, in 1853, US Navy Commodore Perry led four ships into Tokyo Bay, and knocked on the customs again the following year to persuade Japan to sign a peace treaty with the United States. In the same year, Japan successively concluded treaties with Russia, Britain and the Netherlands to restore foreign relations. Four years later, a trade treaty was signed. A similar treaty was soon concluded with France. The Tokugawa shogunate collapsed in 1867.
1868 The Meiji Restoration began and the Emperor regained power again. Meiji era, from 1868 to 19 12, was a glorious era in Japanese history.
In the early years of Meiji, the Emperor moved the capital from Kyoto to Edo and renamed it Tokyo. The Meiji government put forward three policies, namely "enriching Qiang Bing", "developing industry through reproduction" and "civilized", and followed the example of advanced western capitalists to develop advanced science and technology. In less than half a century, Japan has completed the modernization process that took the major western capitalist countries 200 years to complete. However, the success of Meiji Restoration stimulated Japan's ambition to expand outward, and finally put Japan on a belligerent road. During the two world wars, the Japanese government caused great disasters to the whole world and the Japanese people.
From 65438 to 0985, Japan became the largest creditor country in the world, with overseas net assets of180.4 billion US dollars from 65438 to the end of 0986. 1993, Japan's overseas assets rose to 685 billion, and it is estimated that it will rise to more than one trillion by the year 2000. Japan has become the largest supplier in the world, the role of Tokyo's international financial market is expanding, and Japan is developing into a financial power.