I know most about the Early Showa period, which covers World War II. The most fascinating, and shows how Japanese history just climaxes at this point.
Jomon (prehistory)
Yayoi (prehistory)
Kofun & asuka (early kingdoms : 300-710)
Nara & Heian (710-1185)
Kamakura (first, Minamoto-Hojo shogunate : 1185-1333)
Muromachi (Ashikaga shogunate 1333-1568)
Azuchi-Momoyama (great leaders : 1568-1600)
Edo (the closed country & Tokugawa shogunate : 1600-1867)
Bakumatsu (late Edo)
Meiji (the Westernization 1868-1912)
Taisho (social upheavals : 1912-1926)
Early Showa (militarism and WWII : 1926-1945)
US Occupation (1945-1952)
Late Showa (peace and economic miracle : 1952-1989)
Heisei (economic decline and post-modern culture)
I know most about the Early Showa period, which covers World War II. The most fascinating, and shows how Japanese history just climaxes at this point.
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