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Historical Periods of Japan
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Prehistoric Period
Jomon Period ca.11,000 BCE-300 BCE
Yayoi Period ca.300 BCE-300 CE
Kofun (Yamato) Period ca.300-592 CE
Early Historical Period
Asuka/Nara Period 592 BCE-794
Asuka 592-710 CE
Nara 710-794
Heian Period 794-1185
Fujiwara 858-1160
Taira 1160-1185
Medieval Period
Kamakura Period 1185-1333
Namboku 1334-1392
Muromachi Period 1392-1573
Ashikaga 1338-1573
Sengoku 1467-1600
Early Modern Period
Momoyama Period 1568-1600
Edo (Tokugawa) 1600-1868
Early-Edo
- Kan’ei 1624-44
- Meiriki 1655-58
- Manji 1658-61
- Kanbun 1661-73
- Enpo 1673-81
- Tenna 1681-84
- Jokyo 1684-88
Mid-Edo
- Genroku 1688-1704
- Shotoku 1711-1715
- Kyoho 1716-1736
- Horeki 1751-1764
- Meiwa 1764-1772
- An’ei 1772-1781
- Tenmei 1781-1789
Late-Edo
- Kansei 1789-1801
- Bunka 1804-1818
- Tenpo 1830-1844
Geometric Period (ca. 900-700 BCE)
ca. 900-850 Early Geometric vase-painting: less black, more space, more circles
ca. 850-760 Middle Geometric vase-painting: meander patterns, pyxides & horse-handles
ca. 760-700 Late Geometric vase-painting: free use of human figures and animals, Dipylon amphorae
Modern Period
Meiji Restoration 1868-1912
Taisho 1912-1926
Showa 1926-1989
Heisei 1989-
