Timeline of Japan Flashcards
What was the time period of Pre-Historic Japan?
35,000 BCE - 538 CE
What was the time period of the Jomon period?
35,000 BCE - 800 BCE
What was the time period of the Yayoi period?
800 BCE - 250 CE
When was the foundation of the country of Japan?
600 BCE
What was the time period of the Kofun period?
250 CE - 538 CE
What periods are included in Pre historic Japan?
Jomon period, Yayoi period, foundation of the country of Japan, and the Kofun period.
What was the time period of Classical Japan?
538 CE - 1185 CE
What was the time period of the Asuka Period and what was it?
538 CE - 710 CE, Buddhism enters Japan
What was the time period of the Nara Period and what was it?
710 CE - 794 CE, Kojiki (712 CE) and Nihon Shoki (720 CE) are published
What was the time period of the Heian Period and what was it?
794 CE - 1185 CE, Japanese alphabets are created.
What periods are included in the period of Classical Japan?
Asuka Period, Nara Period, and the Heian period.
What was the time period of Medieval Japan?
1185 CE - 1868 CE
What was the time period of the Kamakura Period and what was it?
1185 CE - 1333 CE, The shogun becomes the supreme authority
What was the time period of the Muromachi Period and what was it?
1333 CE - 1568 CE, The Sengoku Jidai starts in 1467 CE
What was the time period of the Asuchi Momoyama Period and what was it?
1568 CE - 1600 CE, The Sengoku Jidai ends in 1600
What was the time period of the Edo Period and what was it?
1600 CE - 1868 CE, 1639 - self isolation is decreed
What periods are included in the period of Medieval Japan?
Kamakura Period, Muromachi Period, Asuchi Momoyama Period, and the Edo Period.
What was the time period of Modern Japan?
1868 CE - Present
What was the time period of the Meiji Period and what was it?
1868 -1912, The emporer is reinstated the head of the states
What was the time period of the Taishow Period and what was it?
1912-1926, The WW1 ends in 1918
What was the time period of the Showa Period and what was it?
1926 - 1989, Japan is defeated in WWII ends at 1945
What was the time period of the Heisei Period and what was it?
1989 - 2019, Emperor Akihito abdicates
What was the time period of the Reiwa Period?
2019-present
What periods are included in the period of Modern Japan?
Meiji Period, Taishow Period, Showa Period, Heisei Period, and the Reiwa Period
