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  HISTORY.

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

 

#epprimitivejapan

 

    ◆ THE PRIMITIVE AGE 

     OF JAPAN.

    (PREHISTORIC JAPAN).

     (ca.35,000 YEARS AGO

        − ca.3RD Century A.D.).     

 

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#epthepaleolithicperiod

 

            THE  PALEOLITHIC 

        PERIOD. 

        (ca. 35,000 YEARS AGO

        − ca.12,000 YEARS AGO).

                = THE STONE AGE =

 

  YEARS 

 

■ ABOUT   ● THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD 

   35,000    (ca.35,000 YEARS AGO−

   YEARS      ca.12,000 YEARS) STARTS 

   AGO.       IN JAPAN AREA.      

 

■ ABOUT   ● IN JAPAN AREA, AROUND  

   35,000    35,000 YEARS AGO, 

   YEARS     PEOPLE APPEARED, AND 

   AGO.      THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD

             STARTS IN JAPAN AREA.

 

■ ABOUT   ● IN JAPAN AREA, AROUND 

   35,000    35,000 YEARS AGO, THE 

   YEARS     HUMANS (HOMO SAPIENS,

   AGO.      ETC.) USING CRUDE STONE 

             TOOLS, ARRIVED IN JAPAN 

             AREA FROM ASIAN PLACES 

             AND THEY PASSED JAPAN 

             AREA OR LIVED IN JAPAN 

             AREA.

 

■ ABOUT   ● IN JAPAN AREA, THE OLD 

   35,000    STONE AGE OR THE PALEO-

   YEARS     LITHIC ERA STARTS IN JAPAN 

   AGO.      AREA.

 

           ● THE PALEOLITHIC CULTURE.

             〇 IN JAPAN AREA, CRUDE 

             STONE TOOLS WERE 

                         PRODUCED AND USED.

             〇 IN JAPAN AREA,POTTERY 

             BOILING FOOD,WAS NOT 

             USED.

               BUT, IN THE LAST YEARS

             OF THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD,

              POTTERY WAS PRODUCED 

              AND USED.

             〇 THE JAPAN AREA WAS 

             A HUNTING AND PLANT 

             GATHERING SOCIETY.

 

■ ABOUT   ● THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD 

   12,000   (ca.30,000 YEARS AGO− 

     YEARS          ca.12,000 YEARS AGO) 

   AGO.     ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE JOMON PERIOD (ca.

            12,000 YEARS AGO − ca.

            4TH Century B.C.) STARTS 

            IN JAPAN AREA.

           

 

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#epthejomonperiod

 

           ▼ THE JOMON 

        PERIOD. 

       (ca. 12,000 YEARS AGO

        − ca.4TH Century B.C.)

           = THE STONE AGE =

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ ABOUT   ● THE JOMON PERIOD (ca.

   12,000    12,000 YEARS AGO − ca.

     YEARS     4TH Century B.C.) STARTS 

   AGO.      IN JAPAN AREA.

                      ● THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD 

             (ca.30,000 YEARS AGO− 

                   ca.12,000 YEARS AGO) 

             ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

 

■ ABOUT    ● IN JAPAN AREA, AROUND 

   12,000    12,000 YEARS AGO,

   YEARS     POLISHED STONE TOOLS 

   AGO.      BEGAN TO BE PRODUCED 

              AND USED , AND THE 

             JOMON PERIOD STARTS IN 

             JAPAN AREA.

 

■ ABOUT   ● IN JAPAN AREA, THE USE 

   12,000    OF POLISHED STONE TOOLS 

   YEARS     MARKS THE BEGINNING OF 

   AGO.      THE JOMON PERIOD.

 

■ ABOUT   ● IN JAPAN AREA, THE NEW 

   12,000    STONE AGE OR THE NEOLI-

   YEARS     THIC ERA, STARTS IN JAPAN 

   AGO.       AREA. 

 

           ● THE JOMON CULTURE.

             〇 IN JAPAN AREA, POLISHED 

              STONE TOOLS WERE 

              PRODUCED AND USED.

 

            〇  IN JAPAN AREA, JOMON 

              POTTERY WAS PRODUCED 

              AND USED.

 

            〇 THE JAPAN AREA WAS A 

              HUNTING AND PLANT GATH-

              ERING SOCIETY.

 

 

■ ABOUT   ● THE JOMON PERIOD (ca.

  THE 4TH   12,000 YEARS AGO − ca.4TH 

  CENTURY   CENTURY B.C.) ENDS IN 

  B.C.      JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE YAYOI PERIOD (ca.4TH  

             CENTURY B.C.− ca.3RD 

             CENTURY A.D.) STARTS IN 

              JAPAN AREA.

           

 

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#eptheyayoiperiod

 

           THE YAYOI 

        PERIOD. 

      (ca.4TH CENTURY B.C.− 

        ca.3RD CENTURY A.D.)

      = THE FORMER−THE STONE AGE, =

          THE LATTER−THE IRON AGE 

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ ABOUT   ● THE YAYOI PERIOD (ca.4TH  

  THE 4TH   CENTURY B.C.− ca.3RD 

  CENTURY   CENTURY A.D.) STARTS IN 

  B.C.       JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE JOMON PERIOD (ca.

            12,000 YEARS AGO − ca.4TH 

            CENTURY B.C.) ENDS IN 

            JAPAN AREA.

 

■ ABOUT   ● IN JAPAN AREA, AROUND

  THE 4TH    THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.,

  CENTURY    THE WET-RICE CULTIVATION 

  B.C.       BEGAN TO BE INTRODUCED, 

             AND THE YAYOI PERIOD 

             STARTS IN JAPAN AREA.

 

■ ABOUT    ● IN JAPAN AREA, THE 

  THE 4TH   INTRODUCTION OF WET-RICE 

  PERIOD.    CULTIVATION MARKS THE 

  CENTURY   BEGINNING OF THE YAYOI 

  B.C.      PERIOD.

 

■ ABOUT   ● IN JAPAN AREA, AROUND

  THE 4TH   THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.,

  CENTURY   PEOPLE STARTED FARMING 

             AND WET-RICE GROWING 

             WAS BEGUN.

             

■ ABOUT   ● IN JAPAN AREA, AROUND

  THE 4TH   THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.,

  CENTURY   PEOPLE BEGAN TO USE 

                         THE IRONWARES. 

 

■ ABOUT   ● IN JAPAN AREA, THE 

  THE 4TH   YAYOI PERIOD (ca.4TH  

  CENTURY   CENTURY B.C.− ca.3RD 

  B.C.       CENTURY A.D.) STARTS

             IN JAPAN.

 

           ● IN JAPAN AREA, IN THE 

            FIRST HALF OF THE YAYOI 

            PERIOD, THE STONE AGE 

             OR THE NEOLITHIC ERA,

            ENDS. 

 

           ● IN JAPAN AREA, IN THE 

            SECOND HALF OF THE 

            YAYOI PERIOD, THE IRON 

            AGE (OF THE METAL AGE), 

            STARTS. 

 

           ● THE YAYOI CULTURE.

            〇 IN JAPAN AREA, THE 

              WET-RICE CULTIVATION 

              WAS INTROCUCED.

 

            〇 IN JAPAN AREA, YAYOI 

              POTTERY WAS PRODUCED 

              AND USED.

 

            〇 IN JAPAN AREA, IN THE 

              FIRST HALF OF THE YAYOI 

              PERIOD, PEOPLE BEGAN 

                          TO USE THE IRONWARES. 

              BUT, PEOPLE MAINLY

              USED POLISHED STONE 

              TOOLS. 

 

            〇 IN JAPAN AREA, IN THE 

              SECOND HALF OF THE 

              YAYOI PERIOD, PEOPLE 

              MAINLY USED THE IRON-

              WARES (OF METAL WARES),

 

            〇 THE JAPAN AREA WAS 

             AN AGRICULUTUAL SOCIETY.

 

■ ABOUT   ● THE YAYOI PERIOD   

  THE 3TH   (ca.4TH CENTURY B.C.− 

  CENTURY    ca.3RD CENTURY A.D.)  

  AD.        ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE TUMULUS PERIOD 

            (IN A NARROW SENSE,

            ca.3RD CENTURY A.D.− 

            ca.592A.D.,), STARTS 

            IN JAPAN AREA.

 

 

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#epancientjapan

 

     ◆ ANCIENT 

      JAPAN.  

   (ca.3RD Century AD

               −ca.1192).     

 

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         ANCIENT JAPAN, PLEASE SEE 

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         ANCIENT JAPAN,

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#epthetumulusperiod

 

          ▼ THE TUMULUS 

         PERIOD. 

      (ca.3RD Century 

       AD−592 AD).

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ ABOUT   ● THE TUMULUS PERIOD 

  THE 3TH   (IN A NARROW SENSE,

  CENTURY   ca.3RD CENTURY A.D.− 

  AD.        ca.592 A.D.), STARTS 

            IN JAPAN AREA.

                      ● THE TUMULUS PERIOD 

                        (IN A WIDE SENSE,

            ca.3RD CENTURY A.D.− 

            ca.7TH CENTURY A.D.), 

            STARTS IN JAPAN AREA.

                    ● THE YAMATO PERIOD 

            (ca.3RD CENTURY A.D. 

            −710 )STARTS IN JAPAN 

            AREA. 

           ● THE YAYOI PERIOD 

            (ca.4TH CENTURY B.C.− 

            ca.3RD CENTURY A.D.) 

             ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

           

■ 239 AD  ● HIMIKO, QUEEN OF 

            YAMATAI-KOKU STATE SENT 

            AN ENVOY TO THE KINGDOM

            OF WEI OF CHINA, AND

            RECEIVED THE TITLE 

            ‘‘ SHINGI WAO ’’ (QIN 

            WEI WOWANG, WA (JAPAN’

            S) RULER FRIENDLY TO 

            WEI).

                       THE YAMATAI-KOKU 

            STATE WAS A BIG STATE 

            THAT UNITED SOME SMALL 

            STATES IN JAPAN AREA. 

 

■ ABOUT   ● THE YAMATO REGIME (THE 

  3TH        YAMATO COURT) WAS 

  CENTURY    ESTABLISHED IN NARA 

   AD.        REGION, JAPAN.

 

■ ABOUT   ● THE YAMATO REGIME 

  4TH        (THE YAMATO COURT) 

  CENTURY    UNIFIED AND RULED THE 

  AD.        MAINLAND OF JAPAN.

             

■ 538 AD   ● BUDDHISM WAS INTRO-

            DUCED INTO JAPAN.

 

■ 574 AD  ● UMAYATO NO MIKO OR 

            PRINCE SHOTOKU (LIFE:

            574−622) WAS BORN. 

               HE LIVED TO 622. 

           ● HE WAS A SON OF 

            EMPEROR YOME.

 

■ 592 AD  ● THE TUMULUS PERIOD .

             (IN A NARROW SENSE,

             ca.3RD CENTURY A.D.− 

              ca.592 A.D.), ENDS 

             IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE ASUKA-HAKUHO 

             PERIOD (592 −710) 

              STARTS IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE ASUKA PERIOD 

            (IN A NARROW SENSE,

            592 − 672) BEGINS

            IN JAPAN AREA. 

 

 

#eptheaska-hakuhoperiod

 

          ▼ THE ASUKA-

      HAKUHO PERIOD. 

        (592 − 710).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 592      ● THE ASUKA-HAKUHO 

             PERIOD (592 −710) 

              STARTS IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE ASUKA PERIOD 

            (IN A NARROW SENSE,

            592 − 672) BEGINS

            IN JAPAN AREA. 

           ● THE TUMULUS PERIOD 

             (IN A NARROW SENSE,

              ca.3RD CENTURY A.D.− 

             ca.592 A.D.), ENDS IN 

             JAPAN AREA.

 

■ 592     ● EMPEROR SUIKO, JAPANESE 

             FIRST WOMAN EMPEROR, 

             ASCENDED THE THRONE .

 

■ 593      ● PRINCE UMAYATO NO 

             MIKO OR PRINCE SHOTOKU

             ASSISTED HIS AUNT,

             EMPEROR SUIKO AS  

             CONSULTANT, FROM 593.

 

■ 600      ● STUDENTS WERE SENT 

             OFFICIALLY TO CHINA

             TO GET CULTURE, FOR 

             THE FIRST TIME .

 

■ 607      ● THE HORYUJI TEMPLE 

             BUILT BY PRINCE 

             UMAYATO NO MIKO OR 

             PRINCE SHOTOKU, WAS 

             COMPLETED IN 607.

 

■ 645      □ THE 1ST YEAR OF TAIKA.

           ● THE  ISSHI INCIDENT 

             HAPPENED. 

                SOGA NO IRUKA WAS 

             KILLED AT THE PALACE.

 

■ 645      □ THE 1ST YEAR OF TAIKA.

           ● THE JAPANESE CALENDAR 

             STARTS FROM 645 A.D. 

             I.E.THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             TAIKA .

                IT HAS CONTINUED TO 

             THE PRESENT TIME.

 

■ 646      □ THE 2ND YEAR OF TAIKA.

           ● THE TAIKA REFORMS 

             WERE CONDUCTED.

 

■ ABOUT      ● THE TUMULUS PERIOD 

    7TH             (IN A WIDE SENSE,

  CENTURY   ca.3RD CENTURY A.D.− 

  AD         ca.7TH CENTURY A.D.), 

             ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

 

■ 672        ● THE HAKUHO PERIOD 

            (672 − 710) BEGINS

            IN JAPAN AREA. 

           ● THE ASUKA PERIOD 

            (IN A NARROW SENSE,

            592 − 672) ENDS

            IN JAPAN AREA. 

 

■ 701        □ THE 1ST YEAR OF TAIHO.

                      ● THE TAIHO RITSURYO 

             LEGAL CODES WERE 

             COMPLETED. 

 

■ 710     □ THE 3RD YEAR OF WADO.

           ● THE ASUKA-HAKUHO 

             PERIOD (592 −710) 

              ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

             ● THE YAMATO PERIOD (ca.

            3RD CENTURY A.D.−710 ) 

            ENDS IN JAPAN AREA. 

           ● THE NARA PERIOD (710−

            794) STARTS IN JAPAN 

            AREA.

 

 

#epthenaraperiod

 

            ▼ THE NARA 

         PERIOD.

        (710−794).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 710     □ THE 3RD YEAR OF WADO.

           ● THE NARA PERIOD (710−

             794) STARTS IN JAPAN 

             AREA.

           ● THE ASUKA-HAKUHO 

             PERIOD (592 −710) 

              ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

             ● THE YAMATO PERIOD (ca.

            3RD CENTURY A.D.−710 ) 

            ENDS IN JAPAN AREA. 

 

■ 710      □ THE 3RD YEAR OF WADO.

           ● THE CAPITAL WAS MOVED

             (TRANSFFERED) TO NARA. 

                FUJIWARA CAPITAL WAS 

             TRANSFFERED TO NARA 

             CAPITAL. 

 

■ 712      □ THE 5TH YEAR OF WADO.

           ● THE BOOK KOJIKI WAS 

             EDITED.

 

■ 720      □ THE 4TH YEAR OF YORO.

           ● THE BOOK NIHONSHOKI 

             WAS EDITED .

 

■ 752      □ THE 4TH YEAR OF 

                       TENPYOSHOHO. 

           ● THE CONSECRATION OF

             THE HUGE IMAGE OF 

             BUDDHA OF  THE TEMPLE

             TODAIJI OR ‘‘ THE GREAT 

             BUDDHA OF NARA ’’ THAT

             BUILT BY THE ORDER OF 

             EMPEROR SHOMU , WAS 

             CONDUCTED IN 752. 

                THE CEREMONY TO

             CONSECRATE THE HUGE  

             IMAGE OF BUDDHA THAT 

             THE EYES WERE PAINTED

             IN, WAS PERFORMED IN 

             752 AT THE TEMPLE 

             TODAIJI

 

■ 765      □ THE 9TH YEAR OF 

            TENPYOHOJI OR THE 1ST

            YEAR OF TEMPYOJINGO. 

           ● BUDDHIST PRIEST DOKYO 

             BECAME THE PRIME 

             MINISTER OF THE 

             GOVERNMENT (−770 AD).

 

 

#eptheheianperiod

 

                         THE HEIAN 

        PERIOD. 

         (794−1192).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 794     □ THE 13TH YEAR OF 

              ENRYAKU.

           ● THE CAPITAL WAS 

             MOVED (RELOCATED) 

             TO KYOTO. 

           〇 THE HE IAN PERIOD 

            (794− 1192) STARTS.

           〇 THE NARA PERIOD 

            (710−794) ENDS.

 

■ 858     □ THE 2ND YEAR OF TENAN.

           ● THE NOBLEMAN FUJIWARA 

            NO YOSHIFUSA BECAME A 

            SESSHO REGENT  OF THE 

            EMPEROR.

 

■ 884     □ THE 8TH YEAR OF GANGYO.

           ● THE NOBLEMAN FUJIWARA 

            NO MOTOTSUNE BECAME A 

            KANPAKU CHIEF  ADVISOR 

            TO THE EMPEROR.

 

■ 901     □ THE 4TH YEAR OF SHOTAI

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF ENGI.

           ● SUGAWARA NO MICHIZANE 

            WAS DEMOTED TO DAZAIFU ,

            KYUSHU REGION.

 

■ 905     □ THE 5TH YEAR OF ENGI.

           ● THE KOKIN WAKASHU  OR 

                        THE KOKIN COLLECTION OF 

            WAKA POETRY) WAS 

            COMPLETED. 

              IT IS ONE OF THE IMPE-

            RIAL ANTHOLOGIES OF WAKA 

            POETRY (WAKA VERSE

 

■ 921      □ THE 21ST YEAR OF ENGI.

            ● ABE NO SEIMEI WAS 

             BORN IN 921 (THE 21ST 

             YEAR OF ENGI). 

            ● HE WAS AN ASTRONOMER 

             AND A FAMOUS FORTUNE-

             TELLER OF THE IMPERIAL 

             COURT.

            ● HE LIVED TO 1005.   

             HE WAS  ALSO AN ADVISOR 

             TO THE POLITICIAN FUJIWA-

              RA NO MICHINAGA .

 

            ★ RELATED MOVIES

              〇 ‘‘ ONMYOJI ’’

                                (JAPANESE MOVIE).

               〇 ‘‘ ONMYOJI ’’

                  (2002 JAPANESE TV 

                 DRAMA BY NHK) .

 

■ 966      □ THE 3RD YEAR OF KOHO.

            ● FUJIWARA NO MICHINAGA,

              POLITICIAN WAS BORN. 

              HE LIVED TO 1027. 

 

■ 978      □ THE 3RD YEAR OF JOGEN.

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             TENGEN.

           ● ‘‘ MURASAKI SHIKIBU ’’ 

             WAS BORN.  

                SHE LIVED TO 1016.

             ○ SHE IS A FAMOUS WO-

              MAN  WRITER OF ‘‘ THE 

              TALE OFGENJI ’’. 

             ○ SHE WAS A PRIVATE 

              TEACHER OF THE POLI-

              TICIAN  FUJIWARA NO 

              MICHINAGA’S DAUGHTER 

              SHOSHI.

                       

■ 995      □ THE 6TH YEAR OF 

            SHORYAKU OR THE 1ST

            YEAR OF CHOTOKU.

           ● FUJIWARA NO MICHINAGA 

             WAS APPOINTED A NAIRAN 

             COUNSELOR OF THE 

             IMPERIAL COURT

 

■ 1010     □ THE TH YEAR OF  KANKO.

                       ● ‘‘ THE TALE OF GENJI ’’ 

              WAS EDITED IN 1010 (THE 

              TH YEAR OF  KANKO),

              BY MURASAKI SHIKIBU (978

              −ca.1016), IN THE HEIAN 

              PERIOD .   

  

              ♪♪ THE RELATED WONDERFUL 

               PHOTOS :

               □ THE  TALE OF GENJI 

               (THE MOVIE SENNEN NO

              KOI) IMAGE ALBUM No.1

              (THE HEIAN PERIOD).

                   ( THE PR PHOTOS OF A 

               MOVIE COMPANY, IN THE 

               JAPANESE MOVIE ‘‘ SEN-

               NEN NO KOI HIKARUGENJI 

                             MONOGATARI ’’).

             □ THE TALE OF GENJI 

               (THE MOVIE SENNEN NO

                NAZO) IMAGE NO.1 

               (THE HEIAN PERIOD).

                   ( THE PR PHOTOS OF A 

               MOVIE COMPANY, IN THE 

               JAPANESE MOVIE 

               ‘‘ GENJI MONOGATARI

                  SENNEN NO NAZO ’’).

 

■ 1016     □ THE 5TH YEAR OF CHOWA.

           ● FUJIWARA NO MICHINAGA 

             WAS APPOINTED A SESSHO   

             REGENT  (1016−1017)

                  IN 1017 HE WAS 

               APPOINTED A DAIJODAIJIN

              PRIME MINISTER (1017−

              1018).

 

■ 1086     □ THE 3RD YEAR OF OTOKU.

           ● THE INSEI OR THE EX-

             EMPEROR’S GOVERNMENT 

             WAS ESTABLISHED.

                THE EX-EMPEROR’S 

             GOVERNMENT  (1086−11

             29) STARTS.

           ● THE EX-EMPEROR SHIRA-

             KAWA BEGAN TO RULE 

             JAPAN INSTEAD OF THE 

             EMPERORS (1086−1129).

 

■ 1129    □ THE 4TH YEAR OF DAIJI.

           ● THE EX-EMPEROR TOBA 

             BEGAN TO RULE JAPAN 

             INSTEAD OF THE EMPE-

             RORS (1129−1156).

 

■ 1156    □ THE 3TH YEAR OF KYUJU

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             HOGEN.

                      ● THE HOGENNORAN WAR

             (DISTURBANCE) BROKE 

             OUT.

 

■ 1159    □ THE 4TH YEAR OF HOGEN

           OR THE 1ST YEAR OF HEIJI.

           ● THE HEIJINORAN WAR 

                         (DISTURBANCE) BROKE 

             OUT.

             

 

■ 1167    □ THE 2ND YEAR OF NINAN.

           ● TAIRA NO KIYOMORI WAS 

              APPOINTED A DAIJODAIJIN 

            PRIME MINISTER  (FEB.−

            MAY,1167)

           ● TAIRA NO KIYOMORI ES-

                         TABLISHED THE 1ST GO-

             VERNMENT OF SAMURAI 

             WARRIORS.

 

■ 1180    □ THE 4TH YEAR OF JISHO.

           ● MINAMOTO NO YORITOMO 

             RAISED AN ARMY.

 

■ 1185    □ THE 4TH YEAR OF JUEI,

           AND THE 2ND YEAR OF 

           GENRYAKU OR THE 1ST 

           YEAR OF BUNJI.

           ● THE HEIKE CLAN WAS 

            DESTROYED  IN MARCH,

            1185 (THE 4TH YEAR OF 

            JUEI, AND THE 2ND YEAR 

            OF GENRYAKU).

 

■ 1192     □ THE 3RD YEAR OF 

             KENKYU.

           ● THE HEIAN PERIOD 

            (794−1192) ENDS  IN 

            JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE KAMAKURA PERIOD 

            (1192−1333) STARTS IN 

            JAPAN AREA. 

           

 

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      (ca.1192−ca.1573).

 

       ○ AS FOR MORE DETAILS OF 

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          MEDIEVAL  JAPAN, 

          ENGLISH EDITION  

 

 

#epthekamakuraperiod

 

         ▼ THE KAMAKURA 

        PERIOD 

        (1192−1333).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1192     □ THE 3RD YEAR OF 

             KENKYU.

           ● THE KAMAKURA PERIOD 

            (1192−1333) STARTS IN 

            JAPAN AREA. 

           ● THE HEIAN PERIOD 

            (794−1192) ENDS  IN 

            JAPAN AREA.

 

■ 1192     □ THE 3RD YEAR OF 

             KENKYU.

           ● THE KAMAKURA GOVERN-

             MENT (SHOGUNATE) WAS 

             ESTABLISHED BY MINAMO-

             TO NO YORITOMO, THE 

             SHOGUN GENERAL  OF 

             SAMURAI WARRIORS AND 

             HIS WIFE HOJO MASAKO.

 

■ 1205    □ THE 2ND YEAR OF GENKYU.

           ● THE SHIN KOKIN WAKASHU 

                         OR THE SHIN KOKIN  

             COLLECTION OF WAKA 

            POETRY) WAS COMPLETED. 

              IT IS ONE OF THE IMPE-

            RIAL ANTHOLOGIES OF WAKA 

            POETRY (WAKA VERSE

 

■ 1219    □ THE 7TH YEAR OF KENPO

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             JOKYU.

           ● THE 3RD SHOGUN GENE-

             RAL MINAMOTO NO SANE-

             TOMO OF THE KAMAKURA 

             GOVERNMENT (SHOGUNATE), 

             WAS KILLED .

 

■ 1221    □ THE 3RD YEAR OF JOKYU.

           ● THE JOKYUNORAN WAR 

             (DISTURBANCE) BROKE OUT. 

 

■ 1274    □ THE 11TH YEAR OF BUNEI.

           ● THE FIRST MOGOLIAN 

            INVASION TO JAPAN.

              THE BUNEINOEKI WAR 

           (EXPEDITION) BROKE OUT.

           

■ 1281    □ THE 4TH YEAR OF KOAN.

           ● THE SECOND MOGOLIAN 

            INVASION TO JAPAN.

               THE KOANNOEKI WAR

            (EXPEDITION) BROKE  OUT.

            

            

■ 1333    ● THE KAMAKURA GOVERN-

            MENT (SHOGUNATE) WAS 

            OVERTHROWN.

              ● KENKYU GOVERNMENT

            WAS ESTABLISHED.

 

■ 1333    □ THE 3TH YEAR OF GENKO,

            AND THE 2ND YEAR OF 

            SHOKYO.

           ● THE KAMAKURA PERIOD 

            (1192−1333) ENDS.

           ● THE KENMU PERIOD 

            (1333−1338) STARTS. 

 

 

#epthekenmuperiod

 

            THE KENMU 

         PERIOD. 

         (1333−1338).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1333    □ THE 3TH YEAR OF GENKO,

            AND THE 2ND YEAR OF 

            SHOKYO.

           ● THE KENMU PERIOD 

            (1333−1338) STARTS. 

           ● THE KAMAKURA PERIOD 

            (1192−1333) ENDS.

 

■ 1333    □ THE 3TH YEAR OF GENKO,

            AND THE 2ND YEAR OF 

            SHOKYO.

             ● KENKYU GOVERNMENT

            WAS ESTABLISHED.

            ● THE KAMAKURA GOVERN-

            MENT (SHOGUNATE) WAS 

            OVERTHROWN.

             

■ 1336    □ THE 3RD YEAR OF KENMU,

            AND THE 3RD YEAR OF 

            KENMU OR THE 1ST YEAR 

            OF ENGEN.

           ● EMPEROR GODAIGO 

             MOVED TO YOSHINO.

           ● THE SOUTHERN IMPERIAL 

             COURT WAS ESTABLISHED

             IN YOSHINO BY EMPEROR 

             GODAIGO.

           ● THE NORTHERN IMPERIAL 

             COURT WAS ESTABLISHED 

             IN KYOTO, BY EMPEROR 

             KOMYO AND ASHIKAGA

             TAKAUJI .

 

■ 1336    □ THE 3RD YEAR OF KENMU,

            AND THE 3RD YEAR OF 

            KENMU OR THE 1ST YEAR 

            OF ENGEN.

           ● ‘‘ THE PERIOD OF NORTH-

             ERN AND SOUTHERN 

             DYNASTIES ’’ (1336−1392) 

             STARTS.

 

■ 1338     □ THE 5TH YEAR OF KEN-

             MU OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             RYAKUO, AND THE 3RD

             YEAR OF ENGEN.

           ● THE KENMU PERIOD 

            (1333−1338) ENDS IN 

            JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE MUROMACHI PERIOD 

            (1338−1573) STARTS IN 

            JAPAN AREA. 

 

 

#epthemuromachiperiod

 

          ▼ THE MUROMACHI 

        PERIOD.

              (1338−1573).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1338     □ THE 5TH YEAR OF KEN-

             MU OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             RYAKUO, AND THE 3RD

             YEAR OF ENGEN.

           ● THE MUROMACHI PERIOD 

            (1338−1573) STARTS IN 

            JAPAN AREA. 

           ● THE KENMU PERIOD 

            (1333−1338) ENDS IN 

            JAPAN AREA.

 

■ 1338    □ THE 5TH YEAR OF KEN-

             MU OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             RYAKUO, AND THE 3RD

             YEAR OF ENGEN.

           ● THE MUROMACHI GOVERN-

            MENT  (SHOGUNATE) OF 

            THE ASHIKAGA CLAN, WAS 

            ESTABLISHED BY ASHIKAGA 

            TAKAUJI,  THE GENERAL OF 

            SAMURAI WARRIORS.

 

■ 1358    □ THE 3RD YEAR OF ENBUN,

            AND THE 13TH YEAR OF

            SHOHEI.

                      ● ASHIKAGA YOSHIMITSU 

            BECAME THE 3RD SHOGUN 

            GENERAL  (1358−1408) OF 

            THE MUROMACHI  GOVERN-

            MENT (SHOGUNATE). 

               HE WAS A SHOGUN

            GENERAL TO 1408.

 

■ 1392    □ THE 3RD YEAR OF 

            MEITOKU, AND THE 9TH 

            YEAR OF GENCHU.

           ● THE NORTHERN IMPERIAL 

             COURT AND SOUTH ERN 

             IMPERIAL COURT  RECON-

             CILED AND WERE UNITED.

 

■ 1408    □ THE 15TH YEAR OF OUEI

           ● KINKAKU GOLDEN PAVILION 

             AND KITAYAMA-DEN VILLA 

                     WERE BUILT BY THE 

             SHOGUN GENERAL 

             ASHIKAGA YOSHIMITSU,

             IN KYOTO,JAPAN IN 1408 .

 

            ♪♪ THE RELATED PHOTOS: 

             □ A PHOTO ALBUM OF 

                KINKAKU GOLDEN 

                PAVILION

             ▲ KINKAKU GOLDEN 

              PAVILION AT ROKUONJI 

              TEMPLE, KYOTO.

         

■ 1467    □ THE 2ND YEAR OF BUN-

            SHO OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            ONIN

           ● THE ONINNORAN WAR (14

             67−1477) BROKE OUT IN 

             KYOTO, AMONG SAMURAI 

             WARRIORS.

                IT CONTINUED TO 1477.

 

■ 1467    □ THE 2ND YEAR OF BUN-

            SHO OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            ONIN

           ● ‘‘ THE WARRING STATES 

              PERIOD ’’ (1467−1573) 

              STARTS.

 

■ 1543     □ THE 12TH YEAR OF TENBUN.

            ● GUN PRODUCING STARTED 

              IN JAPAN.1543年  天文 12年。

 

■ 1549     □ THE 18TH YEAR OF TENBUN.

            ● CHISTIANITY WAS INTRODUCED 

             TO JAPAN BY FRANCISCO 

             XAVIER.

           

            ★ THE INTERESTING MOVIE 

              TO KNOW THE WARRING 

              STATES PERIOD.

             ○ ‘‘ SEVEN SAMURAI ’’

               (1954 JAPANESE MOVIE).

 

            ♪♪ THE RELATED PHOTO.

                

              ○ PR PHOTO OF A MOVIE

              COMPANY, IN THE 

                   JAPANESE MOVIE ‘‘ SEVEN 

              SAMURAI ’’(1954).

 

■ 1573    □ THE 4TH YEAR OF GENKI

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            TENSHO.

           ● THE MUROMACHI GOVERN-

             MENT(SHOGUNATE) WAS 

             OVERTHROWED BY ODA 

             NOBUNAGA         

 

■ 1573    □ THE 4TH YEAR OF GENKI

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            TENSHO.

           ● THE WARRING STATES 

             PERIOD (1467−1573) 

             ENDS.

           ● THE MUROMACHI PERIOD 

             (1338−1573) ENDS .

           ● THE AZUCHI-MOMOYAMA 

                    PERIOD (1573−1603)

             STARTS. 

          

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     ◆ EARLY MODERN 

            JAPAN. 

    (ca.1573−ca.1868).

 

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         EARLY MODERN JAPAN, 

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#eptheazuchimomoyamaperiod

 

            THE AZUCHI-

       MOMOYAMA 

       PERIOD. 

        (1573−1603).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1582     □ THE 4TH YEAR OF GENKI

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            TENSHO.

            ● ODA NOBUNAGA WAS KILLED 

            BY HIS VASSAL (FOLLOWER ),

            AKECHI MITUHIDE.

            

           ★ INTERESTING MOVIE TO 

             KNOW THE ADUCHI-MOMOYAM 

                        PERIOD. 

            ○ ‘‘ FUKURO NO SHIRO 

              (OWLS’ CASTLE). ’’ 

             (1999 JAPANESE MOVIE).

              NINJA’S STORY IN THE 

              AZUCHI-MOMOYAMA PERIOD.

 

            ♪♪ RELATED PHOTO

                 

                 ○ PR PHOTO OF A MOVIE 

               COMPANY ,IN THE

                   JAPANESE  NINJA MOVIE 

               ‘‘ FUKURONOSHIRO 

                      (OWLS’CASTLE,1999). ’’

 

■ 1585    □ THE 13TH YEAR OF 

             TENSHO.

           ● TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI WAS 

             APPOINTED A KANPAKUN 

             CHIEF ADVISER OF 

             THE IMPERIAL COURT.

           ● THE TOYOTOMI GOVERN-

             MENT OF THE TOYOTOMI 

             CLAN, WAS ESTABLISHED.

 

■ 1586    □ THE 14TH YEAR OF 

             TENSHO.

           ● TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI WAS 

             APPOINTED A DAIJODAIJIN 

             PRIME MINISTER AND WAS

             GIVEN A NAME TOYOTOMI

             BY THE IMPERIAL COURT.

 

■ 1600    □ THE 5TH YEAR OF KEICHO.

           ● THE SEKIGAHARA BATTLE. 

             OVER 100,000 SAMURAI 

            WARRIORS TOOK PART IN 

            THE BATTLE NEAR 

            SEKIGAHARA AREA, CENTRAL 

            JAPAN.

 

■ 1603     □ THE 8TH YEAR OF KEICHO.

           ● THE AZUCHI-MOMOYAMA 

                    PERIOD (1573−1603) ENDS

             IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE EDO PERIOD (1603−

             1868) STARTS IN JAPAN 

             AREA.

            

 

#eptheedoperiod

 

            ▼ THE EDO 

         PERIOD. 

          (1603−1868).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1603     □ THE 8TH YEAR OF KEICHO.

           ● THE EDO PERIOD (1603−

             1868) STARTS IN JAPAN 

             AREA.

            ● THE AZUCHI-MOMOYAMA 

                    PERIOD (1573−1603) ENDS

             IN JAPAN AREA.

             

■ 1603     □ THE 8TH YEAR OF KEICHO.

           ● THE EDO GOVERNMENT 

             (SHOGUNATE) OF THE 

             TOKUGAWA CLAN, WAS 

             ESTABLISHED BY TOKUGAWA 

             IEYASU, THE  SHOGUN 

             (GENERAL ) OF SAMURAI 

             WARRIORS. 

 

■ 1613     □ THE 18TH YEAR OF 

             KEICHO.

           ● CHRISTIANITY WAS 

             PROHIBITTED BY THE EDO 

             GOVERNMENT (SHOGUNATE),

             IN JAPAN.

 

■ 1614    □ THE 19TH YEAR OF 

             KEICHO.

           ● THE OSAKA FUYUNOJIN 

             WAR OR THE 1ST SIEGE 

             OF TOYOTOMI OSAKA 

             CASTLE, BROKE OUT.

 

■ 1615    □ THE 20TH YEAR OF 

             KEICHO OR THE 1ST

             YEAR OF GENNA.

           ● THE OSAKA NATSUNOJIN 

             WAR OR THE 1ST SIEGE 

             OF TOYOTOMI OSAKA 

             CASTLE, BROKE OUT.

           ● THE TOYOTOMI CLAN

             FELL .

 

■ 1639    □ THE 16TH YEAR OF KANEI.

           ● JAPAN CLOSED THE DOOR

              TO THE FOREIGN COUN-

             TR IES EXCEPT THE NETHER-

                     LANDS, CHINA AND KOREA. 

               THE EDO GOVERNMENT

            (SHOGUNATE) ENACTED THE 

             ORDER OF NATIONAL 

             ISOLATION.

 

■ 1639    □ THE 16TH YEAR OF KANEI.

           ● JAPAN’S PERIOD OF ISO-

             LATION (1639−1854)

             BEGINS. 

 

■ 1702    □ THE 15TH YEAR OF 

             GENROKU.

           ● IN DEC.1702, IN EDO OR 

            TOKYO, THE  AKO 47 SAMU-

            RAI  WARRIORS (FORMER 

                    RETAINERS OF THE AKO 

            DOMAIN), UNDER THE LEAD-

            ERSHIP OF OOISHI YOSHIO,

                     RAIDED INTO THE KIRA 

            RESIDENCE, AND KILLED 

            KIRA YOSHINAKA. 

           ● THE AKO INCIDENT (1701

            −1703) HAPPENED.

           

■ 1853     □ THE 6TH YEAR OF KAEI.

           ● THE MEIJI RESTORATION 

            (ca.1853−ca.1877) STARTS. 

            ● THE PERIOD OF THE  MEIJI 

            RESTORATION IS FROM 1853

            TO 1877.

           ● JAPAN BECAME A MODERN 

            COUNTRY THROUGH THE 

            DRASTIC REFORMS.

 

          ♪♪ THE INTERESTING PHOTOS 

             OF SAKAMOTO RYOMA, 

             REFORMER OF THE POLITICS.

           □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

              ‘‘ SAKAMOTO RYOMA ’’. 

 

■ 1854    □ THE 7TH YEAR OF KAEI

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            ANSEI.

           ● JAPAN OPENED THE 

                    COUNTRY.

               THE EDO GOVERNMENT

             (SHOGUNATE) CONCLUDED 

              A TREATY OF PEACE AND 

                           AMITY WITH THE UNITED 

             STATES.

 

■ 1854    □ THE 7TH YEAR OF KAEI

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            ANSEI.

           ● JAPAN’S PERIOD OF ISO-

             LATION (1639−1854)

             ENDS. 

 

■ 1866    □ THE 2ND YEAR OF KEIO.

           ●  TOKUGAWA YOSHINOBU

            BECAME THE 15TH SHOGUN

            GENERAL OF THE TOKUGAWA

            GOVERNMENT (SHOGUNATE)

            IN DECEMBER 1866.

           ● EMPEROR KOMEI PASSED 

             AWAY IN DECEMBER 1866. 

 

          ♪♪ THE INTERESTING PHOTOS.

            □ PHOTO NO.1 OF ‘‘ THE 

              EMPEROR MUTSUHITO

              (EMPEROR MEIJI) ’’           

 

■ 1867    □ THE 3RD YEAR OF KEIO.

           ● THE EMPEROR MUTSUHITO 

            OR EMPEROR MEIJI (LIFE:

            1852−1912,REIGN:1867−

            1912) ASCENDED THE 

            THRONE.

 

■ 1867    □ THE 3RD YEAR OF KEIO.

           ● THE MODERN GOVERNMENT 

             I.E. THE MEIJI GOVERNMENT 

             WAS ESTABLISHED.

               THE MODERN GOVERNMENT 

             I.E. THE MEIJI GOVERNMENT

             WAS ESTABLISHED AT KYOTO 

             PALACE,KYOTO IN DEC.,1867 

             AND LATER IT MOVED TO 

             TOKYO IN 1869.

 

           ♪♪ THE RELATED PHOTOS.

             □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

               ‘‘ KYOTO PALACE ’’

           ♪♪  PHOTOS RELATED TO

             THE LEADERS OF THE EARLY 

             MEIJI GOVERNMENT.

             □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

               ‘‘ SANJO SANE TOMI ’’

             □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

               ‘‘ IWAKURA TOMOMI ’’

             □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

               ‘‘ OOKUBO TOSHIMICHI ’’

                     □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

               ‘‘ SAIGO TAKAMORI ’’

                        □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

               ‘‘ KIDO TAKAYOSHI ’’

 

■ 1868    □ THE 4TH YEAR OF KEIO

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            MEIJI.

           ● THE EDO GOVERNMENT 

            (SHOGUNATE) WAS OVER-

            THROWED BY THE MODERN 

            GOVERNMENT OR THE MEIJI 

            GOVERNMENT.

 

           ● THE EDO CASTLE, THE

             CENTER OF THE EDO  GO-

              VERNMENT WAS OCCUPIED 

             BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT 

             TROOPS, WITHOUT 

             BLOODSHED.

 

           ● KATSU KAISHU, REPRESEN-

             TATIVE OF THE OLD EDO 

             GOVERNMENT  (SHOGUNATE)

             AND SAIGO  TAKAMORI, REP-

             RESENTATIVE OF THE NEW 

              MODERN (MEIJI) GOVERN- 

             MENT, TALKED ABOUT THE 

             CHANGE OF  THE ADMINIST-

             RATION, IN EDO OR TOKYO. 

                AND THE BLOODLESS 

             CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION 

             WAS DECIDED. 

 

          ♪♪ THE RELATED PHOTOS.

            □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

              ‘‘ KATSU KAISHU ’’. 

            □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

              ‘‘ SAIGO TAKAMORI ’’. 

 

■ 1868     □ THE 4TH YEAR OF KEIO

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            MEIJI.

            ● THE EDO PERIOD 

             (1603−1868) ENDS IN

             JAPAN AREA. 

            ● THE ME IJI PERIOD 

             (1868−1912) STARTS IN 

             JAPAN AREA.

           

 

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#epmodernjapan

 

    ◆ MODERN JAPAN 

   (ca.1868−ca.1945).

 

       ○ AS FOR MORE DETAILS 

         OF MODERN JAPAN, 

         PLEASE SEE 

         THE CHRONOLOGY OF 

          MODERN JAPA N, 

          ENGLISH EDITION

 

 

#epthemeijiperiod

 

          ▼ THE MEIJI 

         PERIOD 

             (1868−1912).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1868     □ THE 4TH YEAR OF KEIO

              OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

              MEIJI.

            ● THE ME IJI PERIOD 

             (1868−1912) STARTS IN 

             JAPAN AREA.

             ● THE EDO PERIOD 

             (1603−1868) ENDS IN

             JAPAN AREA. 

 

■ 1868     □ THE 4TH YEAR OF KEIO

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            MEIJI.

            ● THE MODERN GOVERNMENT 

             OR ME IJI GOVERNMENT 

             ADOPTED A NEW ADMINIST-

             RATIVE SYSTEM CALLED 

             ‘‘ DAJOKANSE I ’’ . 

                 IT CONTINUED TO 1885.

 

■ 1868     □ THE 4TH YEAR OF KEIO

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

            MEIJI.

                        ● THE BOSHIN CIVIL WAR 

             (1868−1869), BEGAN 

             BETWEEN THE OLD EDO 

            GOVERNMENT (THE TOKU-

            GAWA SHOGUNATE) AND 

            THE NEW MEIJI GOVERN-

            MENT (THE NEW IMPERIAL 

            GOVERNMENT).

 

           ♪♪ THE RELATED PHOTO.

            □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

               ‘‘ KATSU KAISHU ’’

            □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

               ‘‘ SAIGO TAKAMORI ’’

 

■ 1871    □ THE 2ND YEAR OF MEIJI.

           ● IT WAS DECIDED BY THE 

           ME IJI MODERN GOVERNMENT 

           THAT THE CAPITAL OF JAPAN  

           WAS TOKYO IN 1869.

           ● THE EMPEROR MUTSUHITO 

           MOVED TO TOKYO FROM 

           KYOTO IN 1869. THE CASTLE 

           EDO BECAME HIS IMPERIAL 

           PALACE.

 

           ♪♪ RELATED PHOTO .

           □ PHOTO NO.1 OF ‘‘ THE 

              EMPEROR  MUTSUHITO 

               (EMPEROR MEIJI) ’’ .

 

■ 1871    □ THE 4TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

           ● THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 

             PREFECTURAL SYSTEM.

            ● THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 

             PREFECTURES IN PLACE 

             OF FEUDAL DOMAINS.

           ● THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 

             PREFECTURES IN PLACE 

             OF FEUDAL HAN DOMAINS .

                IN JULY,1871, THE 

             FEUDAL HAN DOMAINS 

             WERE DISSOLVED AND 

             THE PREFECTURES WERE 

             ESTABLISHED.

           ● THE FEUDAL SYSTEM WAS 

             THROWN AWAY.

 

■ 1872    □ THE 5TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

           ● IN JANUARY,1872, THE

            KOSEKIHO FAMILY REGIS-

            TRATION LAW WAS 

            ENACTED.

              THE CENSUS WAS CON-

            DUCTED FROM 1872 TO 

            1873 AND THE JINSHIN 

             KOSEKI FAMILY REGISTRA-

                    TION WAS MADE.

 

■ 1872    □ THE 5TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

           ● THE ADOPTION OF THE

            SOLAR (GREGORIAN) CA-

            LENDAR.

                IN DECEMBER 1872,

            THE SOLAR GREGORIAN) 

            CALENDAR WAS ADOPTED.

           ● THE NEXT DAY (DEC.

            3RD) OF DECEMBER 2,

            1872 OF THE LUNISOLAR 

            CALENDAR, BECAME 

            JANUARY 1ST,1873 OF 

            THE SOLAR (GREGORIAN) 

            CALENDAR.

 

■ 1873    □ THE 6TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

           ● THE CONSCRIPTION ORDI-

            NANCE WAS ENACTED IN 

                         MARCH,1873.

           ● THE LAND TAX REFORM 

             LAW WAS ENACTED IN 

             JULY,1873.

            

■ 1876    □ THE 9TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

           ● THE SALARY SYSTEM TO 

             SAMURA I WARRIORS OF 

             THE FEUDAL HAN DOMAINS, 

             WAS ABOLISHED.

 

           ● IT WAS PROHIBITED TO 

             WEAR A SWORD ,

                EXCEPT THE SOLDIERS 

             AND POLICEMEN OF THE 

             JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.

 

           ● SAMURAI WARRIORS 

             DISAPPEARED .

           

          ★ THE INTERESTING MOVIE 

            RELATED TO THE 

            SAMURAI WARRIORS.

            ‘‘ THE LAST SAMURAI ’’

            (2003 US MOVIE).

 

          ♪♪  THE WONDERFUL 

            RELATED PHOTOS :

            □ A PHOTO ALBUM OF 

              ‘‘ THE LAST SAMURAI ’’. 

            □ PHOTO NO.1 OF 

              ‘‘ THE LAST SAMURAI ’’

 

■ 1877    □ THE 10TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

           ● THE SEINAN WAR BROKE 

             OUT.

                THE WAR WAS MADE

             BETWEEN THE DISCON-

                    TENTED FORMER SAMURAI 

             WARRIORS AND THE NEW

              MODERN GOVERNMENTAL 

             SOLDIERS.

 

■ 1877     □ THE 10TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

            ● THE MEIJI RESTORATION 

            (ca.1853−ca.1877) ENDS. 

 

■ 1880     □ THE 13TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

            ● THE CRIMINAL LAW 

             (THE PENAL CODE) WAS 

             PROMULGATED.

                IT WENT INTO EFFECT 

             IN 1882.

 

■ 1882     □ THE 15TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

            ● THE BANK OF JAPAN 

             WAS ESTABLISHED.

 

■ 1885     □ THE 18TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

            ● THE CABINET SYSTEM 

             WAS ESTABLISHED.

                THE FORMER ADMI-

                         NISTRATIVE SYSTEM 

                         CALLED DAJOKANSEI (THE

             GRAND COUNCIL OF STATE)

                        WAS ABOLISHED.

 

■ 1889     □ THE 22ND YEAR OF MEIJI.

            ● THE CONSTITUTION OF 

                          THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN

               (THE MEIJI CONSTITUTION)

             WAS PROMULGATED. 

                                IT CAME INTO EFFECT 

                IN 1890.

 

            ● THE ELECTION LAW FOR 

              THE LOWER HOUSE WAS 

              PROMULGATED.

 

■ 1890     □ THE 23RD YEAR OF MEIJI.

            ● THE FIRST MEETING OF 

             THE LOWER HOUSE OF 

             PARLIAMENT BEGAN.

 

■ 1894     □ THE 27TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

            ● THE JAPANESE-CHINESE 

             WAR  (1894−1895) BROKE 

             OUT.

                 IT CONTINUED TO 1895. 

             JAPAN WON THE WAR.

 

■ 1896     □ THE 29TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

            ● A PART (3 CHAPTERS)

             OF THE CIVIL LAW (THE 

             CIVIL CODE) WAS PRO-

             MULGATED IN 1896,AND 

             A PART (2 CHAPTERS)OF 

             THE CIVIL LAW (THE 

             CIVIL CODE) WAS PRO-

             MULGATED IN 1898.

                 THE ALL 5 CHAPTERS 

             OF THE CIVIL LAW (THE 

             CIVIL CODE) WENT INTO 

             FORCE IN 1898.

 

■ 1904     □ THE 37TH YEAR OF MEIJI.

            ● THE JAPANESE-RUSSIAN 

                           WAR (1904−1905) BROKE 

             OUT.

                    IT CONTINUED TO 1905. 

             JAPAN WON THE WAR.

 

■ 1912     □ THE 45TH YEAR OF MEIJI

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             TAISHO.

           ● THE EMPEROR MUTSUHITO 

            OR EMPEROR ME IJI PASSED 

            AWAY.

             

           ♪♪ THE RELATED PHOTO.

              PHOTO NO.2 OF ‘‘ THE 

               EMPEROR MUTSUHITO

               (EMPEROR MEIJI) ’’ 

 

■ 1912    □ THE 45TH YEAR OF MEIJI

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             TAISHO.

           ● THE MEIJI PERIOD 

             (1868−1912) ENDS 

             IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE TAISHO PERIOD 

             (1912−1926) STARTS 

             IN JAPAN AREA.

 

 

#epthetaishoperiod

 

           ▼ THE TAISHO 

        PERIOD. 

       (1912−1926).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1912    □ THE 45TH YEAR OF MEIJI

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             TAISHO.

           ● THE TAISHO PERIOD 

             (1912−1926) STARTS 

             IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE MEIJI PERIOD 

             (1868−1912) ENDS 

             IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE TAISHO PERIOD

             STARTS IN 1912 AND 

             ENDS IN 1926.

 

■ 1912    □ THE 45TH YEAR OF MEIJI

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF 

             TAISHO.

           ● THE EMPEROR YOSHIHITO 

             OR EMPEROR TAISHO 

             ASCENDED THE THRONE.

 

           ♪♪ THE INTERESTING PHOTO. 

             □ PHOTO NO.1 OF ‘‘ THE 

               EMPEROR YOSHIHITO

               (EMPEROR TAISHO) ’’ 

 

■ 1925    □ THE 14TH YEAR OF TAISHO

           ● THE ELECTION LAW 

            OF ALL MALE ADULTS

            WAS ENACTED.

 

           ● ON THE OTHER HAND,

            THE PEACE PRESERVATION 

            LAW WAS ENACTED.

 

■ 1926    □ THE 15TH YEAR OF 

               TAISHO OR THE 1ST YEAR 

             OF SHOWA.

           ● THE EMPEROR YOSHIHITO 

            OR EMPEROR TAISHO 

            PASSED AWAY. 

 

■ 1926    □ THE 15TH YEAR OF 

               TAISHO OR THE 1ST YEAR 

             OF SHOWA.

           ● THE TAISHO PERIOD 

             (1912−1926) ENDS IN 

             JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE SHOWA PERIOD 

             (1926−1989) STARTS

              IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE PREWAR SHOWA 

             PERIOD (1926−1945)

             BEGINS IN JAPAN AREA.

 

 

#eptheprewarshowaperiod

 

           THE  PRE-WAR 

       SHOWA PERIOD. 

        (1926−1945).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1926    □ THE 15TH YEAR OF 

               TAISHO OR THE 1ST YEAR 

             OF SHOWA.

           ● THE SHOWA PERIOD 

             (1926−1989) STARTS

              IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE PREWAR SHOWA 

             PERIOD (1926−1945)

             BEGINS IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE TAISHO PERIOD 

             (1912−1926) ENDS IN 

             JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE PREWAR SHOWA 

              PERIOD STARTS IN 1926 

             AND ENDS IN 1945.

 

■ 1926    □ THE 15TH YEAR OF 

               TAISHO OR THE 1ST YEAR 

             OF SHOWA.

           ● THE EMPEROR HIROHITO 

             OR SHOWA EMPEROR 

             ACCEDED TO THE THRONE.

           

          ♪♪ THE INTERESTING PHOTO.

            □ PHOTO NO.1 OF ‘‘ THE 

              EMPEROR HIROHITO

              (EMPEROR SHOWA) ’’

 

■ 1937    □ THE 12TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

           ● THE JAPANESE-CHINESE 

             WAR (1937−1945) BROKE 

             OUT.

                IT CONTINUED TO 1945.

 

■ 1941    □ THE 16TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

           ● THE PACIFIC WAR (1941−

            1945) BROKE OUT.

                IT CONTINUED TO 1945.

           ● THE US PEARL HARBOR 

             BASE WAS ATTACKED BY 

             THE JAPANESE FORCE.

            

           ♪♪ THE RELATED PHOTOS.

             THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK 

             BY JAPANESE COMBAT PLANES.

              

             ○ PR PHOTO OF A MOVIE 

                 COMPANY, IN US MOVIE

             ‘‘ PEARL HARBOR ’’.

           

           ★ THE INTERESTING MOVIE 

             RELATED TO PEARL 

             HARBOR ATTACK .

            ○ ‘‘ PEARL HARBOR ’’

                 (US MOVIE) .

            ○ ‘‘ TORA!TORA!TORA! ’’

              (1970 US-JAPANESE 

               PRODUCING MOVIE).

 

■ 1945    □ THE 20TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

           ● US ’S ATOMIC BOMBING 

             OF HIROSHIMA AND 

             NAGASAKI .

 

           ♪♪ RELATED PHOTO 

             〇 THE ATOMIC BOMBING 

               OF HIROSHIMA ,JAPAN .

               

             ○ THE WORLD’S FIRST 

               ATOMIC BOMBING

               IN HIROSHIMA.

             ○ THE A-BOMB VICTIMS 

              OF HIROSHIMA BY THE 

              ONLY ONE ATOMIC 

              BOMB,ON AUGUST 6,

              1945,WERE AS FOLLOWS.

                MOST ARE NON-

              SOLDIERS.  114,000 

              PEOPLE WERE KILLED . 

              30,000 PEOPLE WERE 

              SEVERELY WOUNDED .

              48,000 PEOPLE WERE 

              SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.

 

■ 1945    □ THE 20TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

            ● THE PACIFIC WAR ENDED.

            ● THE JAPANESE-CHINESE 

             WAR ENDED.

            ● THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT 

            SURRENDERED TO THE ALLIED 

            FORCES, UNCONDITIONALLY.

            ● ON AUGUST 14, 1945, 

            THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT 

            ACCEPTED THE THE POTSDAM 

            POZDAM) PROCLAMATION,

            AND SURRENDERED 

            UNCONDITIONALLY TO THE 

            ALLIED FORCES.

 

■ 1945    □ THE 20TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

           ● FROM AUGUST,1945, THE 

            ALLIED FORCES STARTED TO 

            OCUPPY JAPAN.

            〇 THE GENERAL HEAD-

            QUARTERS OF THE ALLIED 

            FORCES WAS ESTABLISHED 

            IN TOKYO, JAPAN.

 

■ 1945    □ THE 20TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

           ● THE PREWAR SHOWA 

             PERIOD (1926−1945)

             ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE POSTWAR SHOWA 

             PERIOD (1945−1989), 

             STARTS IN JAPAN AREA.

 

 

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#eppresentdayjapan

 

    ◆ PRESENT-DAY 

      JAPAN.

  (ca.1945−PRESENT).

 

       ○ AS FOR MORE DETAILS 

         OF PRESENT-DAY JAPAN, 

         PLEASE SEE 

         THE CHRONOLOGY  OF

          PRESENT-DAY JAPAN,

          ENGLISH EDITION

 

 

#epthepostwarshowaperiod

 

        ▼ THE POST-WAR 

        SHOWA PERIOD. 

            (1945−1989).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1945    □ THE 20TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

           ● THE POST-WAR SHOWA 

             PERIOD (1945−1989), 

             STARTS IN JAPAN.

           ● THE PRE-WAR SHOWA 

             PERIOD (1926−1945)

             ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

 

■ 1945    □ THE 20TH YEAR OF SHOWA .

            ● THE PACIFIC WAR ENDED.

            ● THE JAPANESE-CHINESE WAR

             ENDED.

            ● THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT 

            SURRENDERED TO THE ALLIED 

            FORCES, UNCONDITIONALLY.

 

■ 1945    □ THE 20TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

                  ● THE ALLIED FORCES STARTED 

            TO OCCUPY JAPAN.

            

■ 1945      □ THE 20TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

            ● THE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 

            (G.H.Q) OF THE ALLIED FORCES 

            WAS ESTABLISHED IN TOKYO . 

            THE HEAD OF G.H.Q.WAS

            GENERAL MACARTHUR OF THE 

            US FORCES.

 

             ♪♪ RELATED PHOTO

            □ PHOTO NO.1 OF ‘‘ GENERAL 

               MACARTHUR ’’

 

 1946     □ THE 21ST YEAR OF SHOWA.

            ● JAPAN’S NEW CONSTITUTION 

             OF PEACE AND DEMOCRACY, 

             WAS ESTABLISHED  IN 1946 

             AND WENT IN EFFECT IN 1947.

 

 1951     □ THE 26TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

                      ● THE SAN FRANSISCO PEACE 

            TREATY WAS CONCLUDED . 

           ●  THE JAPANESE-US SECURITY 

             TREATY WAS CONCLUDED . 

 

■ 1952    □ THE 27TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

            ● THE SAN FRANSISCO PEACE 

            TREATY WENT INTO EFFECT.

           ● THE ALLIED FORCES ENDED 

            TO OCUPPY JAPAN.

          

■ 1955    □ THE 30TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

                      ● THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC 

            PARTY WAS FOUNDED. AND, 

            ITS FIRST CABINET WAS 

            ORGANIZED BY ‘‘ HATOYAMA 

            ICHIRO ’’. 

           ● SINCE THEN, THE CABINETS 

            OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC 

            PARTY HAD CONTINUED TO 

            1993 FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS 

            IN JAPAN AREA.

 

■ 1956     □ THE 31TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

           ● JAPAN BECAME A MEMBER 

             OF THE UNITED NATIONS .

 

■ 1964    □ THE 39TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

            ● TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES WAS 

             HELD IN JAPAN .

           ● SHINKANSEN BULLET TRAIN 

             WAS ESTABLISHED.

           ● THE HISTORIC GUIDEBOOK OF 

               PRESENT-DAY JAPAN BY TKKI 

              KANAYAMA.

 

■ 1970    □ THE 45TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

            ● A SATELLITE WAS LAUNCHED 

             SUCCESSFULLY  BY JAPAN.

 

■ 1985    □ THE 60TH YEAR OF SHOWA.

           ● THE BUBBLE ECOMOMY 

             (1985−1991) STARTED.

           ● IT ENDED IN 1991.

 

           ★ THE INTERESTING MOVIES 

            RELATED TO THE 

            BUBBLE ECONOMY :

           ○ 1987 JAPANESE MOVIE ‘‘ 

            MARUSA NO ONNA ’’ .

           ○ 1988 JAPANESE MOVIE ‘‘ 

            MARUSA NO ONNA 2 ’’ . 

 

■ 1989    □ THE 64TH YEAR OF SHOWA

           OR THE 1ST YEAR OF HEISEI.

           ● THE EMPEROR HIROHITO 

            PASSED AWAY. 

              AFTER HIS DEATH, HE IS

            CALLED SHOWA EMPEROR

                 

■ 1989    □ THE 64TH YEAR OF SHOWA

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF HEISEI.

           ● THE POSTWAR SHOWA 

             PERIOD (1945−1989), 

             ENDS IN JAPAN AREA.

            ● THE SHOWA PERIOD 

             (1926−1989) ENDS

             IN JAPAN AREA.

            ● THE HEISEI PERIOD 

             (1989−2019) STARTS 

             IN JAPAN AREA.

 

 

#eptheheiseiperiod

 

        ▼ THE HEISEI 

        PERIOD. 

          (1989− 2019).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 1989    □ THE 64TH YEAR OF SHOWA

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF HEISEI.

           ● THE HE ISEI PERIOD 

             (1989−2019)  STARTS

              IN JAPAN AREA.

           ● THE SHOWA PERIOD 

             (1926−1989) ENDS

             IN JAPAN AREA. 

 

■ 1989    □ THE 64TH YEAR OF SHOWA

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF HEISEI.

           ● THE EMPEROR AKIHITO 

            ASCENDED THE THRONE.

           

           ♪♪ RELATED PHOTO:

           □ JAPANESE PRESENT 

              IMPERIAL FAMILY IMAGE 

              ALBUM No.1

           □ PHOTO NO.1 OF ‘‘   

              EMPEROR AKIHITO . ’’ 

 

■ 1989    □ THE 64TH YEAR OF SHOWA

             OR THE 1ST YEAR OF HEISEI.

           ● THE CONSUMPTION TAX WAS 

            PUT INTO EFFECT.

 

■ 1991    □ THE 3RD YEAR OF HEISEI.

            ● THE BUBBLE ECOMOMY 

            (1985−1991) ENDED.

            ● A LOT OF FINANCIAL 

            FACILITIES AND FIRMS HAD 

                   BAD LOANS.

         

■ 2001    □ THE 13TH YEAR OF HEISEI.

           ● THE STRUCTURE OF THE 

            CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF 

            JAPAN WAS RE FORMED.

 

■ 2011     □ THE 23RD YEAR OF HEISEI.

           ● THE EAST JAPAN EARTH-

                    QUAKE OCCURRED ON 

             MARCH 11TH, 2011.

 

■ 2019     □ THE 31ST YEAR OF HEISEI.

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF REIWA.

           ● THE EMPEROR  AKIHITO 

             ABDICATED THE THRONE. 

 

■ 2019     □ THE 31ST YEAR OF HEISEI.

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF REIWA.

            ● THE HEISEI PERIOD 

             (1989−2019) ENDS 

             IN JAPAN AREA. 

              ● THE REIWA PERIOD 

             (2019−PRESENT)  STARTS 

             IN JAPAN AREA.

 

 

#epthereiwaperiod

 

        ▼ THE REIWA 

         PERIOD. 

          (2019−PRESENT).

 

■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN 

     CALENDAR.

□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE 

         CALENDAR.

 

 YEARS. 

 

■ 2019     □ THE 31ST YEAR OF HEISEI.

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF REIWA.

              ● THE REIWA PERIOD 

             (2019−PRESENT) STARTS

             IN JAPAN AREA.

            ● THE HEISEI PERIOD 

             (1989−2019) ENDS

             IN JAPAN AREA. 

 

■ 2019     □ THE 31ST YEAR OF HEISEI.

            OR THE 1ST YEAR OF REIWA.

              ● THE EMPEROR NARUHITO 

            OR PRESENT EMPEROR 

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