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Chronology

JOMON period ca.10,000BC - ca.300BC
YAYOI period ca.300BC - ca.300AD

KOFUN period ca.300 - ca.593
ASUKA period ca.593 - 710

NARA period 710 - 794
HEIAN period 794 - 1185
KAMAKURA period 1185 - 1333

MUROMACHI period 1333 - 1573
NANBOKUCHO period 1336 - 1392

MOMOYAMA period 1573 - 1615
BUNROKU era 1592 - 1596
KEICHO era 1596 - 1615
EDO period 1615 - 1868

KAN’EI era 1624 - 1644
KANBUN era 1661 - 1673
GENROKU era 1688 - 1704
AN’EI era 1772 - 1781
TENMEI era 1781 - 1789
KANSEI era 1789 - 1801
KYOWA era 1801 - 1804
BUNKA era 1804 - 1818
BUNSEI era 1818 - 1830
TENPO era 1830 - 1844
KOKA era 1844 - 1848
KAEI era 1848 - 1854
ANSEI era 1854 - 1860
MAN’EN era 1860 - 1861
BUNKYU era 1861 - 1864
GENJI era 1864 - 1865
KEIO era 1865 - 1868

MEIJI era 1868 - 1912

TAISHO era 1912 - 1926
SHOWA era 1926 - 1989

HEISEI era 1989 - 2019
REIWA era 2019 - present