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Japanese Historical Periods - YAML

Japanese Historical Periods is a classification system that divides approximately 16,000 years of Japanese history from the Jomon Period to the Reiwa Period based on archaeological, cultural characteristics, and political transitions. It provides an important framework for understanding the distinctive cultures and social systems of each era, from prehistoric times (Jomon, Yayoi, Kofun) through the formation of the ritsuryo state, the rise of warrior government, to the transitions of early modern, modern, and contemporary periods.

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- code: "01"
  slug: "jomon-period"
  name: "Jomon Period"
  description: "Period characterized by cord-marked pottery."
  startYear: -14000
  endYear: -300
  category: "prehistoric"
- code: "02"
  slug: "yayoi-period"
  name: "Yayoi Period"
  description: "Period when rice cultivation and metal tools began."
  startYear: -300
  endYear: 300
  category: "prehistoric"
- code: "03"
  slug: "kofun-period"
  name: "Kofun Period"
  description: "Period when large keyhole-shaped burial mounds were constructed."
  startYear: 300
  endYear: 538
  category: "ancient"
- code: "04"
  slug: "asuka-period"
  name: "Asuka Period"
  description: "Period when Buddhism was introduced and the foundation of the ritsuryo state was laid."
  startYear: 538
  endYear: 710
  category: "ancient"
- code: "05"
  slug: "nara-period"
  name: "Nara Period"
  description: "Period when the capital was established at Heijo-kyo (Nara) and the ritsuryo state was completed."
  startYear: 710
  endYear: 794
  category: "ancient"
- code: "06"
  slug: "heian-period"
  name: "Heian Period"
  description: "Period when the capital moved to Heian-kyo (Kyoto) and aristocratic culture flourished."
  startYear: 794
  endYear: 1185
  category: "classical"
- code: "07"
  slug: "kamakura-period"
  name: "Kamakura Period"
  description: "Period when the first warrior government (shogunate) was established."
  startYear: 1185
  endYear: 1333
  category: "medieval"
- code: "08"
  slug: "muromachi-period"
  name: "Muromachi Period"
  description: "Period when the Muromachi shogunate was established, including the Northern and Southern Courts conflict and the Sengoku period."
  startYear: 1336
  endYear: 1573
  category: "medieval"
- code: "09"
  slug: "sengoku-period"
  name: "Sengoku Period"
  description: "A period of civil wars in the late Muromachi period with competing regional daimyo."
  startYear: 1467
  endYear: 1573
  category: "medieval"
- code: "10"
  slug: "azuchi-momoyama-period"
  name: "Azuchi-Momoyama Period"
  description: "Period of national unification under Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi."
  startYear: 1573
  endYear: 1603
  category: "early-modern"
- code: "11"
  slug: "edo-period"
  name: "Edo Period"
  description: "A peaceful period of over 260 years under the Edo shogunate."
  startYear: 1603
  endYear: 1868
  category: "early-modern"
- code: "12"
  slug: "meiji-period"
  name: "Meiji Period"
  description: "Period when Japan began its path to becoming a modern nation through the Meiji Restoration."
  startYear: 1868
  endYear: 1912
  category: "modern"
- code: "13"
  slug: "taisho-period"
  name: "Taisho Period"
  description: "Period characterized by Taisho Democracy and democratic tendencies."
  startYear: 1912
  endYear: 1926
  category: "modern"
- code: "14"
  slug: "showa-period"
  name: "Showa Period"
  description: "Period that experienced war, reconstruction, and high economic growth."
  startYear: 1926
  endYear: 1989
  category: "modern"
- code: "15"
  slug: "heisei-period"
  name: "Heisei Period"
  description: "Period of economic stagnation after the bubble burst and advancing globalization."
  startYear: 1989
  endYear: 2019
  category: "contemporary"
- code: "16"
  slug: "reiwa-period"
  name: "Reiwa Period"
  description: "Current period where digitalization and addressing social issues are advancing."
  startYear: 2019
  endYear: null
  category: "contemporary"