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History of Kyoto
and JAPAN
History by Japanese Language 日本語の歴史はこっち
| 時代 | Year | Capital | Period | Shougun | Event1 | Event2 |
| 旧石器 | BC | Stone age | Many
kind of people arrived into this Japan Island. North part of Japan was connected with Syveria. Southern islands were connected each other . |
There are a lot of ancient scripts . Those had basic 5 vowels.A,E,I,O,U . | ||
| 縄 文 | -14000 | Jyoumon | ||||
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| 弥 生 | 300 | Yayoi | Start
very large scale farming. A lots of wars between small countries. |
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| 飛 鳥 | 600 | Asuka | 610
Islam founded. 630 Mohamet occupied Arab |
More
than 66 countries. Buddhism arrived Many Kings |
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| 奈 良 | 710 | Nara | Nara | Japan
united . Japan became one country |
Novels and monks had very much power . | |
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| 平 安 | 794 | Kyoto | Heian | 870 Melsen triaty | Nobel
had governed Japan Many temples were constructed in Kyoto |
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| 鎌 倉 | 1184 | Kamakura | Minamoto | 1190
German Knight founded 1195 Islam occupied Spain 1265 House of Commons Founded at England. 1381 Wat Tyler Peasant Revolt 1492 Cristfer Columbus found San Salbadol Island. 1558 Queen Elizabeth . 1600 Eastern India Company founded by England. 1660 Kingdum of England reborn. 1707 Great Briten founded 1775-1778 American Revolution War 1861-1865 The American Civil War |
1180-1185=Jishou.jyuei
War(Genpei War). Samurai could have own land. Samurais took over Novels and Monks. Nobel and Monks lost power and land. |
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| 1333 | Others | |||||
| 建武の新政 | 1336 | Kenmu | ||||
| 室 町 | 1336 | Muromachi | Ashikaga 15 Generations. |
1397 Golden Pavilion:3rd Shougun of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu | ||
| 1467=Ounin War. Kyoto was almost completely burned . |
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| 1490 Silver
Pavilion 8th Shougun of Ashikaga Yoshimasa |
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| 1573 | Oda took over Ashikaga Shougunate. | |||||
| 安 土桃山 | 1573 | Aduchi-Momoyama | Oda | |||
| 1603 | Toyotomi | 1600=Sekigahawa War | ||||
| 江 戸 | 1603 | Edo (Tokyo) |
Tokugawa 15 Generations. |
War had
been stopped. Samurai became alike government workers. Very peaceful time. Edo(Tokyo) had more than 3 million people. |
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| 明治維新 | Meiji Restlation | 1867 USA bought Alaska | Country Opened. | |||
| 明治 | 1868 | Tokyo (Edo) |
Meiji | Prime Minister Itou Hirobumi |
Constitutional
Monarchy 1945 2 Atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
Sent many students for foreign countries. |
| 大正 | 1912 | Taishou | Prime Minister |
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| 昭和 | 1926 | Shouwa | Prime Minister |
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| 大東亜戦争 | 1941 1945 |
World War 2 | Occupied by USA | |||
| 昭和 | 1989 | Shouwa | Rapid
growing. 360 yen for 1 dollar at 1946. 100 yen for 1 dollar at 2000-2024. |
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| 平成 | 1989 | Heisei | ||||
| 平成 | 2000-2018 | Heisei | Prime Minister Abe Shinzou |
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| 令和 | 2018-2023 | Reiwa | Prime Minister Suga and Kishida |
COVID-19 | 139JPY/US$1.00 |
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