Japanese Chronology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese Chronology

 

Jōmon period 12,500-400 BCE

 

Yayoi period 400 BCE-300 CE

 

Kofun period third-sixth century

 

Asuka period 552-710

 

Nara period 710-794

 

Heian period 794-1185

 

Kamakura period 1185-1333

 

Muromachi period 1333-1573

 

   Nanbokuchō period 1333-1392

 

Momoyama period 1573-1615

 

   Bunroku era 1592-1596

   Keichō era 1596-1615

 

Edo Period 1615-1868

 

   Kan'ei era 1624-1644

   Kanbun era 1661-1673

   Enpō era 1673-1681

   Tenna era 1681-1684

   Jōkyō era 1684-1688

   Genroku era 1688-1704

   Hōreki era 1751-1764

   Kansei era 1789-1801

   Bunka era 1804-1818

   Bunsei era 1818-1830

  Tenpō era 1830-1844

 

Meji era 1868-1912

 

Taishō era 1912-1926

 

Shōwa era 1926-1989

 

Heisei era 1989-2019

 

Reiwa era 2019-present

  

(source:Jorge Welsh)