◆ TKKI KANAYAMA’S OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE.
◆ KANAYAMA’S JAPANESE HISTORY HANDBOOK.
◆ KANAYAMA’S TIME SERIES DATA GUIDEBOOK
OF JAPANESE HISTORY.
‘‘ (Kjhh)12139
KANAYAMA’S
WHOLE
CHRONOLOGY
OF JAPANESE
HISTORY,
ENGLISH EDITION.’’
■ KANAYAMA’S
HISTORICAL EXPEDITION
TO ALL THE PERIODS
OF JAPAN.
MENU (TABLE OF CONTENTS) .
■ PLEASE SELECT AND CLICK THE
FOLOWING.
● THE MAIN AND VERY IMPORTANT
HAPPENINGS OF JAPANESE
HISTORY, ARE MENTIONED.
(PREHISTORIC JAPAN).
(35,000 YEARS AGO
− ca.3RD Century A.D.).
(a) THE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD
(ca.35,000 YEARS AGO
−ca.12,000 YEARS AGO),
(b) THE JOMON PERIOD
(ca.12,000 YEARS AGO
−ca.4TH CENTURY BC),
AND
(c) THE YAYOI PERIOD
(ca.4TH CENTURY BC
−ca.3RD CENTURY AD).
(ca.3RD Century A.D.
− ca.1192 A.D.).
(a) THE TUMULUS PERIOD
(IN A NARROW SENSE,
ca.3RD CENTURY AD−592),
(b) THE ASUKA-HAKUHO
PERIOD (592−710),
(c) THE NARA PERIOD
(710−794), AND
(d) THE HEIAN PERIOD
(794−1192).
(ca.1192−ca.1573).
(a) THE KAMAKURA PERIOD
(1192 − 1333),
(b) THE KENMU PERIOD
(1333 − 1338), AND
(c) THE MUROMACHI PERIOD
(1338 − 1573).
(a) THE AZUCHI-MOMOYAMA
PERIOD
(1573−1603),
(b) THE EDO PERIOD
(1603−1868).
□ MODERN JAPAN.
(a) THE MEIJI PERIOD
(1868−1912),
(b) THE TAISHO PERIOD
(1912−1926), AND
(c) THE PRE-WAR SHOWA
PERIOD (1926−1945).
(a) THE POST-WAR SHOWA
PERIOD
(1945−1989),
(b) THE HEISEI PERIOD
(1989−2019), AND
(c) THE REIWA PERIOD
(2019−PRESENT).
□ RELATED PAGES AND OTHER PAGES.
■ THE TABLE OF UPPER WEB SITES.
□ (KOH) Kanayama’s Official >
□ (Cse) International Understanding >
□ (Ke) Encyclopedia. >
□ (Hhh) History Handbook. >
□ (Kjhh) Japanese History Handbook. >
□ (Kjhh) Time Series Data Guidebook >
□ (Kjhh) Whole Brief Chronology of >
■ THE ABBREVIATION CODE TABLE
OF KANAYAMA’S MAIN OFFICIAL
HOMEPAGES :
◆ THE CONTENTS OF THIS
BOOK :
■ THIS BOOK IS
A WHOLE BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF
JAPANESE HISTORY.
■ THIS BOOK IS
A BEGINNER’S JAPANESE HISTORY
CHRONOLOGY.
■ THIS BOOK IS
A PRIMER ON JAPANESE HISTORY
ON THIS SITE.
■ THIS BOOK IS
A CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE
HISTORY.
■ THIS BOOK IS
A JAPANESE HISTORY CHRONOLOGY
FOR BEGINNERS.
■ IN THIS BOOK,
THE MAIN OR IMPORTANT HAPPEN-
INGS OF JAPANESE HISTORY ARE
MENTIONED BY YEAR.
AND THE EVENTS ARE DES-
CRIBED WITH MANY PHOTOS AND
THE INTRODUCTIONS OF INTERESTING
RELATED MOVIES, DRAMAS AND
DOCUMENTARIES.
■ AS TO DETAILS ON EACH PERIOD,
PLEASE SEE THE DETAILED
CHRONOLOGY OF EACH PERIOD.
AND THE EVENTS ARE DES-
CRIBED WITH THE INTERESTING
PHOTOS AND THE INTRODUC-
TIONS OF INTERESTING RELATED
DOCUMENTARIES, DRAMAS AND
MOVIES.
■ THIS BOOK IS
THE TIME SERIES DATA GUIDEBOOK
OF JAPANESE HISTORY BY TKKI
KANAYAMA.
■ RENEWED ON NOVEMBER 2, 2020.
■ Copyright(C) TKKI Kanayama 1999−.
All Rights Reserved.
◆ THE RELATED
PAGES.
★ THE TIME SERIES DATA
GUIDEBOOK OF JAPANESE
HISTORY.
□ (Kjhh) THE GUIDEBOOK OF TIME
★ THE GUIDEBOOKS AND
CHRONOLOGIES OF
JAPANESE HISTORY BY
PERIOD.
□ (Kjhh) THE WHOLE CHRONOLOGY
□ (Kjhh) THE GUIDEBOOK OF THE
○ (Kjhh) THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE
□ (Kjhh) THE GUIDEBOOK OF
○ (Kjhh) THE CHRONOLOGY OF
□ (Kjhh) THE GUIDEBOOK OF
○ (Kjhh) THE CHRONOLOGY OF
□ (Kjhh) THE GUIDEBOOK OF
○ (Kjhh) THE CHRONOLOGY OF
□ (Kjhh) THE GUIDEBOOK OF
○ (Kjhh) THE CHRONOLOGY OF
□ (Kjhh) THE GUIDEBOOK OF
○ (Kjhh) THE CHRONOLOGY OF
● THE TIME SERIES DATA
GUIDEBOOK OF JAPANESE
HISTORY BY TKKI KANAYAMA.
★ THE CHRONOLOGIES OF
THE UNIVERSE,
CREATURES AND HUMANS.
(ABOUT 13.8 BILLION YEARS
AGO −PRESENT−ABOUT 5
BILLION YEARS LATER).
(ABOUT 3.8 BILLION YEARS
AGO − THE PRESENT TIME).
(ABOUT 3.8 BILLION YEARS
AGO − THE PRESENT TIME).
(ABOUT 5000 YEARS AGO
− THE PRESENT TIME).
D □ THE CHRONOLOGY OF
(ABOUT 35,000 YEARS AGO
− THE PRESENT TIME).
● THE eBOOK BY TKKI KANAYAMA.
◆ THE WHOLE
CHRONOLOGY
OF JAPANESE
HISTORY.
■ : THE YEARS OF THE WESTERN
CALENDAR.
□ : THE YEARS OF THE JAPANESE
CALENDAR.
YEARS.
◆ THE PRIMITIVE AGE
OF JAPAN.
(PREHISTORIC JAPAN).
(ca.35,000 YEARS AGO
− ca.3RD Century A.D.).
○ AS FOR MORE DETAILS OF
THE PRIMITIVE AGE OF JAPAN,
PLEASE SEE
ENGLISH EDITION. ’’
▼ 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.
▼ 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.
▼ 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.
◆ ANCIENT
JAPAN.
(ca.3RD Century AD
−ca.1192).
○ AS FOR MORE DETAILS OF
ANCIENT JAPAN, PLEASE SEE
▼ 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.
▼ 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.
▼ 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).
▼ 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 7TH YEAR OF KANKO.
● ‘‘ THE TALE OF GENJI ’’
WAS EDITED IN 1010 (THE
7TH YEAR OF KANKO),
BY MURASAKI SHIKIBU (978
−ca.1016), IN THE HEIAN
PERIOD .
♪♪ THE RELATED WONDERFUL
PHOTOS :
(THE HEIAN PERIOD).
( THE PR PHOTOS OF A
MOVIE COMPANY, IN THE
JAPANESE MOVIE ‘‘ SEN-
NEN NO KOI HIKARUGENJI
MONOGATARI ’’).
(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.
◆ MEDIEVAL JAPAN
(ca.1192−ca.1573).
○ AS FOR MORE DETAILS OF
MEDIEVAL JAPAN, PLEASE SEE
▼ 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.
▼ 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.
▼ 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:
▲ 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.
◆ EARLY MODERN
JAPAN.
(ca.1573−ca.1868).
○ AS FOR MORE DETAILS OF
EARLY MODERN JAPAN,
PLEASE SEE
▼ 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.
▼ 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.
■ 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.
■ 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.
♪♪ PHOTOS RELATED TO
THE LEADERS OF THE EARLY
MEIJI GOVERNMENT.
■ 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.
■ 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.
◆ MODERN JAPAN
(ca.1868−ca.1945).
○ AS FOR MORE DETAILS
OF MODERN JAPAN,
PLEASE SEE
▼ 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.
■ 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 .
■ 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 :
■ 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.
■ 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.
▼ 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.
■ 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.
▼ 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.
■ 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.
◆ PRESENT-DAY
JAPAN.
(ca.1945−PRESENT).
○ AS FOR MORE DETAILS
OF PRESENT-DAY JAPAN,
PLEASE SEE
▼ 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
■ 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.
▼ 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:
■ 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.
▼ 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
ASCENDED THE THRONE.
♪♪ RELATED PHOTO:
‘‘ WHAT HAS REMAINED
IN YOUR HEART ? ’’
THANK YOU.