Timeline of Japan

Question 1

What was the time period of Pre-Historic Japan?

Answer 1

35,000 BCE - 538 CE

Question 2

What was the time period of the Jomon period?

Answer 2

35,000 BCE - 800 BCE

Question 3

What was the time period of the Yayoi period?

Answer 3

800 BCE - 250 CE

Question 4

When was the foundation of the country of Japan?

Answer 4

600 BCE

Question 5

What was the time period of the Kofun period?

Answer 5

250 CE - 538 CE

Question 6

What periods are included in Pre historic Japan?

Answer 6

Jomon period, Yayoi period, foundation of the country of Japan, and the Kofun period.

Question 7

What was the time period of Classical Japan?

Answer 7

538 CE - 1185 CE

Question 8

What was the time period of the Asuka Period and what was it?

Answer 8

538 CE - 710 CE, Buddhism enters Japan

Question 9

What was the time period of the Nara Period and what was it?

Answer 9

710 CE - 794 CE, Kojiki (712 CE) and Nihon Shoki (720 CE) are published

Question 10

What was the time period of the Heian Period and what was it?

Answer 10

794 CE - 1185 CE, Japanese alphabets are created.

Question 11

What periods are included in the period of Classical Japan?

Answer 11

Asuka Period, Nara Period, and the Heian period.

Question 12

What was the time period of Medieval Japan?

Answer 12

1185 CE - 1868 CE

Question 13

What was the time period of the Kamakura Period and what was it?

Answer 13

1185 CE - 1333 CE, The shogun becomes the supreme authority

Question 14

What was the time period of the Muromachi Period and what was it?

Answer 14

1333 CE - 1568 CE, The Sengoku Jidai starts in 1467 CE

Question 15

What was the time period of the Asuchi Momoyama Period and what was it?

Answer 15

1568 CE - 1600 CE, The Sengoku Jidai ends in 1600

Question 16

What was the time period of the Edo Period and what was it?

Answer 16

1600 CE - 1868 CE, 1639 - self isolation is decreed

Question 17

What periods are included in the period of Medieval Japan?

Answer 17

Kamakura Period, Muromachi Period, Asuchi Momoyama Period, and the Edo Period.

Question 18

What was the time period of Modern Japan?

Answer 18

1868 CE - Present

Question 19

What was the time period of the Meiji Period and what was it?

Answer 19

1868 -1912, The emporer is reinstated the head of the states

Question 20

What was the time period of the Taishow Period and what was it?

Answer 20

1912-1926, The WW1 ends in 1918

Question 21

What was the time period of the Showa Period and what was it?

Answer 21

1926 - 1989, Japan is defeated in WWII ends at 1945

Question 22

What was the time period of the Heisei Period and what was it?

Answer 22

1989 - 2019, Emperor Akihito abdicates

Question 23

What was the time period of the Reiwa Period?

Answer 23

2019-present

Question 24

What periods are included in the period of Modern Japan?

Answer 24

Meiji Period, Taishow Period, Showa Period, Heisei Period, and the Reiwa Period