043
The Daisen Kofun (burial mound of Emperor Nintoku) constructed (5th century)
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044
The "Tale of Genji" (by Murasaki Shikibu), written in the early 11th century
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045
Completion of the Byodoin Temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji (1053)
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046
Yuan (Mongol) invasions of Japan (1274, 1281)
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047
The beginning of trade with Europe (from 1543 onward)
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048
Ukiyo-e becomes popular (from the latter part of the 17th century)
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049
The arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan (1853)
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050
The arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan (1853)
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051
The arrival of Western civilization in Japan and the period of civilization and enlightenment (from 1868)
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052
The Russo - Japanese War (1904 - 05)
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The Pacific War begins (1941)
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054
Yukawa Hideki becomes the first Japanese Nobel Prize winner (1949 Nobel Prize in Physics)
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055
The signing of the U.S. - Japan Security Treaty (1951)
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056
Kawabata Yasunari becomes the first Japanese to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1968)
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