Date Japan
BCE
Ancient Japan
35,000 - 10,000 Paleolithic
10,000 - 300 Jomon Period
300 BCE - 300 CE Yayoi Period
Tomb period
CE
Classical Japan
300 - 710 Kofun Period
Yamato period
538 Asuka Period
552 - 645
594
607, 608, 614
604
645 - 710 Hakuho Period
645-650
710 - 794 Nara Period
712 & 720 respectively
794 - 1185 Heian Period
794 Fujiwara Period
838
Feudal Japan
1185 - 1333 Kamakura Period
1274 & 1281
Kemmu Restoration
1333-1336
1336 - 1573 Muromachi Period (Ashikaga)
Nanboku-cho period
1336 - 1392
1392
Sengoku period
1467 - 1573
Nanban trade
1467-1477 Onin War
1568 - 1603 Azuchi-Momoyama period
1582
1592
1598
1603 - 1868 Edo Period (Tokugawa)
1635 Seclusion
1854 Bakumatsu
Modern Japan
1868 - 1912 Meiji Period
Meiji Restoration
1871
1894-1895 First Sino-Japanese War
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War
1912 - 1926 Taisho Period
World War I
1926 - 1989 Showa Period
1931 Second Sino-Japanese War
1937 Rape of Nanking
1939-1945 World War II
December 7 (8), 1941
August 6 (9), 1945
September 2,1945
Postwar Japan
1945 - 1952 occupied Japan
1952 - 1990 post-occupation
1989 - present Heisei Period
1989
1990
2005
China
earliest stone implements Paleolithic
first signs of civilization Yangshao
semi-sedentary hunter-gatherer lifestyle Longshan
cord-pattern pottery Hsia
dogu Shang
influx of new practices Zhou
rice, bronze and iron brought by migrants Qin Dynasty
The Land of Wa was first mentioned
in Chinese history
first "Japanese" envoy to China
Han Dynasty
historic Japan commences
adoption of the Chinese alphabet
centralized state
introduction of Buddhism
Sui dynasty
First Sinification Phase
Prince Shotoku serves as regent
first official Japanese mission to China
The Seven Article Constitution
*Supremacy of the ruler
*centralization of government
*bureacracy of merit
Second Sinification Phase
Taika Reforms
first use of Nihon
Capital is moved from Asuka to Nara
modeled after Ch'ang-an
Relations with Silla and T'ang China
new system of government
T'ang dynasty
Chinese type provinces, subdivided into districts
Chinese type emperor
spread of Buddhism
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
taxes were in the form of grain produce, textile
peak of imperial court
capital moved to Heian-kyo (Kyoto)
proliferation of art, poetry and literature
The Tale of Genji
peak of Chinese influence
last Imperial-sanctioned mission to China
political power was in the hands of
powerful aristocratic families Northern Song
rise of military clans (samurai)
civil war: Hogen and Heiji Rebellions
Southern Song
Genpei War
Japanese swords began to be exported
Emperor and the court relegated to Southern Song
ceremonial functions
Military emphasis
Shogun: de facto national ruler
control by the bushi class
bakufu system of government
Mongol invasions
short reestablishment of imperial rule
Yuan dynasty
Imperial court was split in two
Empire is unified again
southern court surrenders to Ashikaga
warring states period
Trade with China grew
economy developed
widespread of markets & commercial cities
agricultural development
first contacts with the West
firearms introduced
decline of the Muromachi era
Oda Nobunaga ends the civil war
start of military reunification Ming dynasty
tea ceremony flourishes
Toyotomi Hideyoshi succeeded Nobunaga
reunited Japan
tries to conquer Korea
death of Hideyoshi
Japanese forces retreat
administration shared by 200+ daimyo
samurai class above commoners
sumptuary laws
ukiyo-e, kabuki, bunraku developments
spread of Christianity
Neo-confucianism favored by samurai
prohibition of travelling abroad & reading
foreign books
Restriction of foreigners to Nagasaki
foreign ban except Chinese and Dutch
No ship building
Russian encroachment
Treaty of Kanagawa
arrival of Admiral Perry
pro-shogunate forces defeated
Qing Dynasty
end of isolation Qing Dynasty
start of modernization
rise to world power
destablishment of the feudal system
first newspaper, Yen debuts
Western institutions adopted
Treaty of Shimonoseki
independence of Korea
cede Taiwan, P'enghu islands, Liaodong
Treaty of Portsmouth
shift of power to Diet
declared war on the Central Powers
seized opportunity to expand in Asia
& the Pacific
one of the "Big Five"
League of Nations
political totalitarism
invaded Inner Manchuria
puppet state of Manchukuo
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
leaves League of Nations
tensions mounted against U.S.
Japanese assets in U.S. frozen
rejection of compromises
invasion of East Asia
attack on Pearl Harbor
also attacked Hong Kong at the same time
Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombed
signed an instrument of surrender on
the USS Missouri
Economic Boom
second largest economy P.R.C.
Japan joins APEC
bubble economy bursts
Kyoto protocol
Korea
Paleolithic
Three Kingdoms: Silla,
Goguryeo, Baekje
Unified Silla
Goryeo Dynasty
Joseon Dynasty
Daehan Empire
Daehan Empire
Japanese Colonization
DPRK (north)
Republic of Korea
(south)
