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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B3mina_Meiji" title="Dómina Meiji – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Dómina Meiji" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meydzi_d%C3%B6vr%C3%BC" title="Meydzi dövrü – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Meydzi dövrü" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A6%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%A4%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88" title="مئی‌جی دؤورو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مئی‌جی دؤورو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%97" title="মেইজি যুগ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মেইজি যুগ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AAng-t%C4%AB" title="Bêng-tī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bêng-tī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96" title="Перыяд Мэйдзі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Перыяд Мэйдзі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%87%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%91%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%98%E0%BD%A6%E0%BC%8D" title="མེའི་ཇིའི་དུས་དུས་མཚམས། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="མེའི་ཇིའི་དུས་དུས་མཚམས།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_Meiji" title="Era Meiji – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Era Meiji" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obdob%C3%AD_Meid%C5%BEi" title="Období Meidži – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Období Meidži" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji-perioden" title="Meiji-perioden – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Meiji-perioden" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji-Zeit" title="Meiji-Zeit – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Meiji-Zeit" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_periood" title="Meiji periood – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Meiji periood" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%8A%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AF_(%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82)" title="Μεϊτζί (περίοδος) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μεϊτζί (περίοδος)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_era" title="Meiji era – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Meiji era" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_Meiji" title="Era Meiji – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Era Meiji" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Aroa" title="Meiji Aroa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Meiji Aroa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C" title="دوره میجی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دوره میجی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%88re_Meiji" title="Ère Meiji – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ère Meiji" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_Meiji" title="Era Meiji – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Era Meiji" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%80_%EC%8B%9C%EB%8C%80" title="메이지 시대 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="메이지 시대" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ero_Meiji" title="Ero Meiji – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Ero Meiji" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaman_Meiji" title="Zaman Meiji – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Zaman Meiji" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji-t%C3%ADmabili%C3%B0" title="Meiji-tímabilið – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Meiji-tímabilið" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodo_Meiji" title="Periodo Meiji – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Periodo Meiji" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%92%27%D7%99" title="תקופת מייג'י – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="תקופת מייג'י" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mejii_w%C9%9B%C9%9B_yaa_al%C9%A9waat%CA%8A" title="Mejii wɛɛ yaa alɩwaatʊ – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Mejii wɛɛ yaa alɩwaatʊ" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90" title="მეიძის ეპოქა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მეიძის ეპოქა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D3%99%D1%83%D1%96%D1%80%D1%96" title="Мэйдзи дәуірі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Мэйдзи дәуірі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ep%C3%B2k_Meiji" title="Epòk Meiji – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Epòk Meiji" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetas_Meiji" title="Aetas Meiji – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Aetas Meiji" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meid%C5%BEi_laikotarpis" title="Meidži laikotarpis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Meidži laikotarpis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meidzsi-kor" title="Meidzsi-kor – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Meidzsi-kor" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B8%D1%9F%D0%B8_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B4)" title="Меиџи (период) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Меиџи (период)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaman_Meiji" title="Zaman Meiji – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Zaman Meiji" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Мэйжийн эрин – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Мэйжийн эрин" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meijiperiode" title="Meijiperiode – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Meijiperiode" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB" title="明治 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="明治" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji-perioden" title="Meiji-perioden – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Meiji-perioden" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji" title="Meiji – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Meiji" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_(okres)" title="Meiji (okres) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Meiji (okres)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era_Meiji" title="Era Meiji – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Era Meiji" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perioada_Meiji" title="Perioada Meiji – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Perioada Meiji" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8" title="Мэйдзи – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мэйдзи" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periudha_Meixhi" title="Periudha Meixhi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Periudha Meixhi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obdobie_Meid%C5%BEi" title="Obdobie Meidži – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Obdobie Meidži" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B8%D1%9F%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="Меиџи период – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Меиџи период" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji-kausi" title="Meiji-kausi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Meiji-kausi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meijiperioden" title="Meijiperioden – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Meijiperioden" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panahong_Meiji" title="Panahong Meiji – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Panahong Meiji" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="மெய்சி காலம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மெய்சி காலம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4" title="ยุคเมจิ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ยุคเมจิ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_Paleolithic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese Paleolithic (not yet started)">Paleolithic</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">before 14,000 <a href="/wiki/Before_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Before Christ">BC</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">14,000 – 300 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Yayoi_period" title="Yayoi period">Yayoi</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">300 BC – 300 <a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">AD</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">300–538</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">538–710</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">710–794</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">794–1185</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1185–1333</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenmu_Restoration&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenmu Restoration (not yet started)">Kenmu Restoration</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"><i>1333–1336</i></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Muromachi_period" title="Muromachi period"><b>Muromachi</b> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ashikaga)</span></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nanboku-ch%C5%8D_period" title="Nanboku-chō period">Nanboku-chō</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1336–1573</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Azuchi%E2%80%93Momoyama_period" title="Azuchi–Momoyama period"><b>Azuchi–Momoyama</b></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nanban_trade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nanban trade (not yet started)">Nanban trade</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1573–1603</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period"><b>Edo</b> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Tokugawa)</span></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sakoku" title="Sakoku">Sakoku</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_of_Kanagawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convention of Kanagawa (not yet started)">Convention of Kanagawa</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bakumatsu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bakumatsu (not yet started)">Bakumatsu</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1603–1868</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><b>Meiji</b></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boshin_War" title="Boshin War">Boshin War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Restoration</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion" title="Boxer Rebellion">Boxer Rebellion</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1868–1912</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Taish%C5%8D_period" title="Taishō period"><b>Taishō</b></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_during_World_War_I&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japan during World War I (not yet started)">World War I</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1912–1926</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_period" title="Shōwa period"><b>Shōwa</b></a> <div class="plainlist wraplinks" style="padding-left:1.4em;text-align:left;line-height:1.25em;padding-bottom:0.2em;"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sh%C5%8Dwa_financial_crisis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shōwa financial crisis (not yet started)">Financial crisis</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_militarism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese militarism (not yet started)">Militarism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_economic_miracle" title="Japanese economic miracle">Economic miracle</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post-occupation_Japan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Post-occupation Japan (not yet started)">Post-occupation</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_asset_price_bubble&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese asset price bubble (not yet started)">Bubble economy</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1926–1989</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Heisei_period" title="Heisei period"><b>Heisei</b></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lost_Decade_(Japan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lost Decade (Japan) (not yet started)">Lost Decade</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake" title="Great Hanshin earthquake">Great Hanshin earthquake</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">Great East Japan earthquake</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Japanese_imperial_transition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Japanese imperial transition (not yet started)">Imperial transition</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1989–2019 <span style="font-size:85%;">(planned)</span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Reiwa_period" title="Reiwa period"><b>Reiwa</b></a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">2019 <span style="font-size:85%;">(planned)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:none;background:gainsboro;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Topics</span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_currency&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese currency (not yet started)">Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of earthquakes in Japan (not yet started)">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Economic_history_of_Japan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Economic history of Japan (not yet started)">Economy</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Glossary_of_Japanese_history&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glossary of Japanese history (not yet started)">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Timeline_of_Japanese_history&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Timeline of Japanese history (not yet started)">Timeline</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9122447">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:History_of_Japan" title="Template:History of Japan"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:History_of_Japan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:History of Japan (not yet started)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:History_of_Japan&action=edit"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Meiji period</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">明治時代</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Meiji-jidai</i></span>)</span>, also known as the <b>Meiji era</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/Japanese_era_name" title="Japanese era name">Japanese era name</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">年号,</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><i>nengō</i>,</i></span>, lit. "year name")</span> after <i><a href="/wiki/Kei%C5%8D" title="Keiō">Keiō</a></i> and before <i><a href="/wiki/Taish%C5%8D_period" title="Taishō period">Taishō</a>.</i> This period started in September 1868 and ended in July 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum624_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum624-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time, the emperor was <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Meiji</a><i>-tennō</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">明治天皇</span></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum624_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum624-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Neng%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Nengō">nengō</a></i> <i>Meiji</i> means "Enlightened Rule"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "Enlightened Government".<sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum624_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum624-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events_of_the_Meiji_period">Events of the <i>Meiji</i> period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Events of the Meiji period" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Events of the Meiji period"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The years in which Meiji was the Japanese monarch <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/comprise" class="extiw" title="wikt:comprise">comprise</a> this modern period or era.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>1868</b> (<i>Meiji 1</i>): <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Japan" title="Capital of Japan">capital of Japan</a> moved from Kyoto to Tokyo.<sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum624_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum624-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1889-1890</b> (<i>Meiji 22-23</i>): <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" title="Meiji Constitution">Constitution of the Empire of Japan</a><sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum624_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum624-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1894-1895</b> (<i>Meiji 27-28</i>): <a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a><sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum624_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum624-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1904-1905</b> (<i>Meiji 37-38</i>): <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a><sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum624_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum624-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>30 July 1912</b> (<i>Meiji 45, 30th day of the 7th month</i>): Meiji died.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Politics" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Politics"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>1885</b> (<i>Meiji 18</i>): <a href="/wiki/Ito_Hirobumi" title="Ito Hirobumi">Ito Hirobumi</a> became 1st Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1888</b> (<i>Meiji 21</i>): <a href="/wiki/Kuroda_Kiyotaka" title="Kuroda Kiyotaka">Kuroda Kiyotaka</a> became 2nd Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1889</b> (<i>Meiji 22</i>): <a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Aritomo" title="Yamagata Aritomo">Yamagata Aritomo</a> became 3rd Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1891</b> (<i>Meiji 24</i>): <a href="/wiki/Matsukata_Masayoshi" title="Matsukata Masayoshi">Matsukata Masayoshi</a> became 4th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1892</b> (<i>Meiji 25</i>): Ito became 5th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-kantei_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kantei-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1896</b> (<i>Meiji 29</i>): Matsukata became 6th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-kantei_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kantei-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1898</b> (<i>Meiji 31</i>): Ito became 7th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-kantei_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kantei-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1898</b> (<i>Meiji 31</i>): <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%8Ckuma_Shigenobu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ōkuma Shigenobu (not yet started)">Ōkuma Shigenobu</a> became 8th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1898</b> (<i>Meiji 31</i>): Yamagata became 9th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-kantei_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kantei-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1900</b> (<i>Meiji 33</i>): Ito became 10th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-kantei_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kantei-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1901</b> (<i>Meiji 34</i>): <a href="/w/index.php?title=Katsura_Tar%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katsura Tarō (not yet started)">Katsura Tarō</a> became 11th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1906</b> (<i>Meiji 39</i>): <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saionji_Kinmochi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saionji Kinmochi (not yet started)">Saionji Kinmochi</a> became 12th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1908</b> (<i>Meiji 41</i>): Katsura became 13th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-kantei_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kantei-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1911</b> (<i>Meiji 44</i>): Saionji became 14th Prime Minister<sup id="cite_ref-kantei_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kantei-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Gallery" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Gallery"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 486px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MeijiJoukyou.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The 15-year-old Emperor Meiji, moving from Kyoto to Tokyo, end of 1868, after the fall of Edo."><img alt="The 15-year-old Emperor Meiji, moving from Kyoto to Tokyo, end of 1868, after the fall of Edo." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/MeijiJoukyou.jpg/200px-MeijiJoukyou.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/MeijiJoukyou.jpg/300px-MeijiJoukyou.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/MeijiJoukyou.jpg/400px-MeijiJoukyou.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2484" data-file-height="1759" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The 15-year-old <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a>, moving from <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> to Tokyo, end of 1868, after the fall of Edo.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenpohapu-chikanobu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Formal beginning of the Meiji Constitution, 1889. Woodblock print by Toyohara Chikanobu."><img alt="Formal beginning of the Meiji Constitution, 1889. Woodblock print by Toyohara Chikanobu." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Kenpohapu-chikanobu.jpg/200px-Kenpohapu-chikanobu.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Kenpohapu-chikanobu.jpg/300px-Kenpohapu-chikanobu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Kenpohapu-chikanobu.jpg/400px-Kenpohapu-chikanobu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Formal beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" title="Meiji Constitution">Meiji Constitution</a>, 1889. Woodblock print by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Toyohara_Chikanobu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Toyohara Chikanobu (not yet started)">Toyohara Chikanobu</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1872_Japanese_silver_yen_both.png" class="mw-file-description" title="One yen coin of 1870 (Meiji 3 明治三年), both sides."><img alt="One yen coin of 1870 (Meiji 3 明治三年), both sides." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/1872_Japanese_silver_yen_both.png/200px-1872_Japanese_silver_yen_both.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/1872_Japanese_silver_yen_both.png/300px-1872_Japanese_silver_yen_both.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/1872_Japanese_silver_yen_both.png/400px-1872_Japanese_silver_yen_both.png 2x" data-file-width="967" data-file-height="461" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">One yen coin of 1870 (<i>Meiji</i> 3 明治三年), both sides.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Meiji_one_yen_banknote_1871.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="First Meiji one-yen banknote, 1871."><img alt="First Meiji one-yen banknote, 1871." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/First_Meiji_one_yen_banknote_1871.jpg/200px-First_Meiji_one_yen_banknote_1871.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/First_Meiji_one_yen_banknote_1871.jpg/300px-First_Meiji_one_yen_banknote_1871.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/First_Meiji_one_yen_banknote_1871.jpg/400px-First_Meiji_one_yen_banknote_1871.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3635" data-file-height="2583" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">First Meiji one-<a href="/wiki/Yen" title="Yen">yen</a> banknote, 1871.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_Japan" title="List of emperors of Japan">List of emperors of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_era_name" title="Japanese era name">Japanese era name</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNussbaum2002" class="citation book cs1">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA624"><i>Japan Encyclopedia</i></a>. Harvard University Press. p. 624. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5"><bdi>978-0-674-01753-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=624&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-674-01753-5&rft.aulast=Nussbaum&rft.aufirst=Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp2QnPijAEmEC%26pg%3DPA624&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMeiji+period" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Dean, Meryll. (2002). <i>Japanese Legal System</i>, p. 55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/index.html">GlobalSecurity.org</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/year.htm">Japanese years</a>. Retrieved 2012-12-15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFMeyer1999" class="citation book cs1">Meyer, Eva-Maria (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6wEvo4wBojcC&pg=PA186"><i>Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit: unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867</i></a>. Lit. p. 186. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-8258-3939-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-8258-3939-0"><bdi>978-3-8258-3939-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japans+Kaiserhof+in+der+Edo-Zeit%3A+unter+besonderer+Berucksichtigung+der+Jahre+1846+bis+1867&rft.pages=186&rft.pub=Lit&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-3-8258-3939-0&rft.aulast=Meyer&rft.aufirst=Eva-Maria&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6wEvo4wBojcC%26pg%3DPA186&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMeiji+period" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFNussbaum2002" class="citation book cs1">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA404"><i>Japan Encyclopedia</i></a>. Harvard University Press. p. 404. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5"><bdi>978-0-674-01753-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=404&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-674-01753-5&rft.aulast=Nussbaum&rft.aufirst=Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp2QnPijAEmEC%26pg%3DPA404&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMeiji+period" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFNussbaum2002" class="citation book cs1">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA578"><i>Japan Encyclopedia</i></a>. Harvard University Press. p. 578. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5"><bdi>978-0-674-01753-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=578&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-674-01753-5&rft.aulast=Nussbaum&rft.aufirst=Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp2QnPijAEmEC%26pg%3DPA578&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMeiji+period" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFNussbaum2002" class="citation book cs1">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA1038"><i>Japan Encyclopedia</i></a>. Harvard University Press. p. 1038. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5"><bdi>978-0-674-01753-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=1038&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-674-01753-5&rft.aulast=Nussbaum&rft.aufirst=Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp2QnPijAEmEC%26pg%3DPA1038&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMeiji+period" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFNussbaum2002" class="citation book cs1">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA618"><i>Japan Encyclopedia</i></a>. Harvard University Press. p. 618. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5"><bdi>978-0-674-01753-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=618&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-674-01753-5&rft.aulast=Nussbaum&rft.aufirst=Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp2QnPijAEmEC%26pg%3DPA618&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMeiji+period" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-kantei-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-kantei_9-0">9.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-kantei_9-1">9.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-kantei_9-2">9.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-kantei_9-3">9.3</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-kantei_9-4">9.4</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-kantei_9-5">9.5</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-kantei_9-6">9.6</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html">Prime Minister of Japan and Cabinet</a> (<i>Kantei</i>), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/cabinet/0001-30_e.html">"Prime Ministers in History, 1st-30th (1885-1934)"</a>. Retrieved 2012-4-29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFNussbaum2002" class="citation book cs1">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA748"><i>Japan Encyclopedia</i></a>. Harvard University Press. p. 748. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5"><bdi>978-0-674-01753-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=748&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-674-01753-5&rft.aulast=Nussbaum&rft.aufirst=Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp2QnPijAEmEC%26pg%3DPA748&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMeiji+period" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFNussbaum2002" class="citation book cs1">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA494"><i>Japan Encyclopedia</i></a>. Harvard University Press. p. 494. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5"><bdi>978-0-674-01753-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=494&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-674-01753-5&rft.aulast=Nussbaum&rft.aufirst=Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp2QnPijAEmEC%26pg%3DPA494&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMeiji+period" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFNussbaum2002" class="citation book cs1">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA808"><i>Japan Encyclopedia</i></a>. Harvard University Press. p. 808. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-01753-5"><bdi>978-0-674-01753-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+Encyclopedia&rft.pages=808&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-674-01753-5&rft.aulast=Nussbaum&rft.aufirst=Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dp2QnPijAEmEC%26pg%3DPA808&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AMeiji+period" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_websites">Other websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Other websites" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meiji_period&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Other websites"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Meiji_era" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Meiji era">Meiji era</a> at Wikimedia Commons </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Diet_Library" title="National Diet Library">National Diet Library</a>, "The Japanese Calendar" <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/">-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto 0.8em auto; 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line–height:1.5em;">Legendary Period</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun period</a><br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka period</a><br />538–710</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Taika_(era)" title="Taika (era)">Taika</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">645–650</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Hakuchi_(era)" title="Hakuchi (era)">Hakuchi</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">650–654</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Shuch%C5%8D" title="Shuchō">Shuchō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">686–686</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Taih%C5%8D_(era)" title="Taihō (era)">Taihō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">701–704</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Keiun" title="Keiun">Keiun</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">704–708</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Wad%C5%8D_(era)" title="Wadō (era)">Wadō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">708–715</span>  </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara period</a><br />710–784</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Reiki_(era)" title="Reiki (era)">Reiki</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">715–717</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dr%C5%8D" title="Yōrō">Yōrō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">717–724</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Jinki_(era)" title="Jinki (era)">Jinki</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">724–729</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenpy%C5%8D" title="Tenpyō">Tenpyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">729–749</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenpy%C5%8D-kanp%C5%8D" title="Tenpyō-kanpō">Tenpyō-kanpō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">749–749</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenpy%C5%8D-sh%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Tenpyō-shōhō">Tenpyō-shōhō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">749–757</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenpy%C5%8D-h%C5%8Dji" title="Tenpyō-hōji">Tenpyō-hōji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">757–765</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenpy%C5%8D-jingo" title="Tenpyō-jingo">Tenpyō-jingo</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">765–767</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Jingo-keiun" title="Jingo-keiun">Jingo-keiun</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">767–770</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dki" title="Hōki">Hōki</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">770–781</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ten%27%C5%8D" title="Ten'ō">Ten'ō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">781–782</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Enryaku" title="Enryaku">Enryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">782–806</span> </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a><br />784–1185</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Daid%C5%8D" title="Daidō">Daidō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">806–810</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dnin_(era)" title="Kōnin (era)">Kōnin</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">810–824</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tench%C5%8D" title="Tenchō">Tenchō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">824–834</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dwa_(Heian_period)" title="Jōwa (Heian period)">Jōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">834–848</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kash%C5%8D_(early_Heian_period)" title="Kashō (early Heian period)">Kashō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">848–851</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ninju" title="Ninju">Ninju</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">851–854</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Saik%C5%8D" title="Saikō">Saikō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">854–857</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ten%27an" title="Ten'an">Ten'an</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">857–859</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dgan" title="Jōgan">Jōgan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">859–877</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Gangy%C5%8D" title="Gangyō">Gangyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">877–885</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ninna" title="Ninna">Ninna</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">885–889</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kanpy%C5%8D_(era)" title="Kanpyō (era)">Kanpyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">889–898</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dtai" title="Shōtai">Shōtai</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">898–901</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Engi_(era)" title="Engi (era)">Engi</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">901–923</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ench%C5%8D" title="Enchō">Enchō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">923–931</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dhei" title="Jōhei">Jōhei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">931–938</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tengy%C5%8D" title="Tengyō">Tengyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">938–947</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenryaku" title="Tenryaku">Tenryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">947–957</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tentoku" title="Tentoku">Tentoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">957–961</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cwa" title="Ōwa">Ōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">961–964</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Kōhō">Kōhō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">964–968</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Anna_(era)" title="Anna (era)">Anna</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">968–970</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenroku" title="Tenroku">Tenroku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">970–973</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ten%27en" title="Ten'en">Ten'en</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">973–976</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dgen_(Heian_period)" title="Jōgen (Heian period)">Jōgen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">976–978</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tengen_(era)" title="Tengen (era)">Tengen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">978–983</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eikan" title="Eikan">Eikan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">983–985</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kanna_(era)" title="Kanna (era)">Kanna</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">985–987</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eien" title="Eien">Eien</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">987–988</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eiso" title="Eiso">Eiso</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">988–990</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dryaku" title="Shōryaku">Shōryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">990–995</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dtoku" title="Chōtoku">Chōtoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">995–999</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dh%C5%8D_(era)" title="Chōhō (era)">Chōhō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">999–1004</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kank%C5%8D" title="Kankō">Kankō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1004–1012</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dwa" title="Chōwa">Chōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1012–1017</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kannin" title="Kannin">Kannin</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1017–1021</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Jian_(era)" title="Jian (era)">Jian</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1021–1024</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Manju_(era)" title="Manju (era)">Manju</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1024–1028</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dgen" title="Chōgen">Chōgen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1028–1037</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dryaku" title="Chōryaku">Chōryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1037–1040</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dky%C5%AB" title="Chōkyū">Chōkyū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1040–1044</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kantoku" title="Kantoku">Kantoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1044–1046</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eish%C5%8D_(Heian_period)" title="Eishō (Heian period)">Eishō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1046–1053</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tengi" title="Tengi">Tengi</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1053–1058</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dhei" title="Kōhei">Kōhei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1058–1065</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Jiryaku" title="Jiryaku">Jiryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1065–1069</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Enky%C5%AB" title="Enkyū">Enkyū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1069–1074</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Jōhō">Jōhō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1074–1077</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dryaku" title="Jōryaku">Jōryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1077–1081</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eih%C5%8D" title="Eihō">Eihō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1081–1084</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctoku" title="Ōtoku">Ōtoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1084–1087</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kanji_(era)" title="Kanji (era)">Kanji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1087–1094</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kah%C5%8D" title="Kahō">Kahō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1094–1096</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eich%C5%8D" title="Eichō">Eichō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1096–1097</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dtoku" title="Jōtoku">Jōtoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1097–1099</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dwa_(Heian_period)" title="Kōwa (Heian period)">Kōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1099–1104</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dji" title="Chōji">Chōji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1104–1106</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kash%C5%8D_(late_Heian_period)" title="Kashō (late Heian period)">Kashō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1106–1108</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tennin_(era)" title="Tennin (era)">Tennin</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1108–1110</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ten%27ei" title="Ten'ei">Ten'ei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1110–1113</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eiky%C5%AB" title="Eikyū">Eikyū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1113–1118</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Gen%27ei" title="Gen'ei">Gen'ei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1118–1120</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dan" title="Hōan">Hōan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1120–1124</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenji_(era)" title="Tenji (era)">Tenji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1124–1126</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Daiji_(era)" title="Daiji (era)">Daiji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1126–1131</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tensh%C5%8D_(Heian_period)" title="Tenshō (Heian period)">Tenshō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1131–1132</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D" title="Chōshō">Chōshō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1132–1135</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Den" title="Hōen">Hōen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1135–1141</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eiji_(era)" title="Eiji (era)">Eiji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1141–1142</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_(Heian_period)" title="Kōji (Heian period)">Kōji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1142–1144</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ten%27y%C5%8D" title="Ten'yō">Ten'yō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1144–1145</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABan" title="Kyūan">Kyūan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1145–1151</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ninpei" title="Ninpei">Ninpei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1151–1154</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABju" title="Kyūju">Kyūju</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1154–1156</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dgen_(era)" title="Hōgen (era)">Hōgen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1156–1159</span>   <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Heiji" title="Heiji">Heiji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1159–1160</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eiryaku" title="Eiryaku">Eiryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1160–1161</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ch%C5%8D" title="Ōhō">Ōhō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1161–1163</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dkan" title="Chōkan">Chōkan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1163–1165</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eiman" title="Eiman">Eiman</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1165–1166</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Nin%27an" title="Nin'an">Nin'an</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1166–1169</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ka%C5%8D_(era)" title="Kaō (era)">Kaō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1169–1171</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dan_(era)" title="Jōan (era)">Jōan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1171–1175</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Angen" title="Angen">Angen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1175–1177</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Jish%C5%8D" title="Jishō">Jishō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1177–1181</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dwa" title="Yōwa">Yōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1181–1182</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Juei" title="Juei">Juei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1182–1184</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Genryaku" title="Genryaku">Genryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1184–1185</span> </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura period</a><br />1185–1333</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bunji_(era)" title="Bunji (era)">Bunji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1185–1190</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kenky%C5%AB" title="Kenkyū">Kenkyū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1190–1199</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_(era)" title="Shōji (era)">Shōji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1199–1201</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kennin" title="Kennin">Kennin</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1201–1204</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Genky%C5%AB" title="Genkyū">Genkyū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1204–1206</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ken%27ei" title="Ken'ei">Ken'ei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1206–1207</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dgen_(Kamakura_period)" title="Jōgen (Kamakura period)">Jōgen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa">1207–1211</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kenryaku" title="Kenryaku">Kenryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1211–1213</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kempo_(era)" title="Kempo (era)">Kempo</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1213–1219</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dky%C5%AB" title="Jōkyū">Jōkyū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1219–1222</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8D%C5%8D_(Kamakura_period)" title="Jōō (Kamakura period)">Jōō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1222–1224</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Gennin" title="Gennin">Gennin</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1224–1225</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Karoku" title="Karoku">Karoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1225–1227</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Antei" title="Antei">Antei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1227–1229</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kangi" title="Kangi">Kangi</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1229–1232</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dei" title="Jōei">Jōei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1232–1233</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenpuku" title="Tenpuku">Tenpuku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1233–1234</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunryaku" title="Bunryaku">Bunryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1234–1235</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Katei" title="Katei">Katei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1235–1238</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ryakunin" title="Ryakunin">Ryakunin</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1238–1239</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/En%27%C5%8D" title="En'ō">En'ō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1239–1240</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ninji" title="Ninji">Ninji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1240–1243</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kangen" title="Kangen">Kangen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1243–1247</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dji" title="Hōji">Hōji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1247–1249</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kench%C5%8D" title="Kenchō">Kenchō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1249–1256</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dgen" title="Kōgen">Kōgen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1256–1257</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dka" title="Shōka">Shōka</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1257–1259</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgen" title="Shōgen">Shōgen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1259–1260</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bun%27%C5%8D" title="Bun'ō">Bun'ō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1260–1261</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dch%C5%8D" title="Kōchō">Kōchō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1261–1264</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bun%27ei" title="Bun'ei">Bun'ei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1264–1275</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kenji_(era)" title="Kenji (era)">Kenji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1275–1278</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dan_(Kamakura_period)" title="Kōan (Kamakura period)">Kōan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1278–1288</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8D%C5%8D_(Kamakura_period)" title="Shōō (Kamakura period)">Shōō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1288–1293</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Einin" title="Einin">Einin </a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1293–1299</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dan" title="Shōan">Shōan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1299–1302</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kengen" title="Kengen">Kengen </a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1302–1303</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kagen" title="Kagen">Kagen </a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1303–1306</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tokuji" title="Tokuji">Tokuji </a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1306–1308</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Enky%C5%8D_(Kamakura_period)" title="Enkyō (Kamakura period)">Enkyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1308–1311</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cch%C5%8D" title="Ōchō">Ōchō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1311–1312</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_(Kamakura_period)" title="Shōwa (Kamakura period)">Shōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1312–1317</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunp%C5%8D" title="Bunpō">Bunpō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1317–1319</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Gen%27%C5%8D" title="Gen'ō">Gen'ō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1319–1321</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Genky%C5%8D" title="Genkyō">Genkyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1321–1324</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dch%C5%AB_(era)" title="Shōchū (era)">Shōchū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1324–1326</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Karyaku" title="Karyaku">Karyaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1326–1329</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Gentoku" title="Gentoku">Gentoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1329–1331</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Genk%C5%8D_(era)" title="Genkō (era)">Genkō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1331–1334<sup>♯</sup></span>   <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dky%C5%8D" title="Shōkyō">Shōkyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1332–1334<sup>₪</sup></span> </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Nanboku-ch%C5%8D_period" title="Nanboku-chō period">Nanboku-chō period</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Northern_Court" title="Northern Court">Northern Court</a>)</small><br />1336–1392</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kemmu" title="Kemmu">Kemmu</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1334–1338</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ryaku%C5%8D" title="Ryakuō">Ryakuō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1338–1342</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dei_(era)" title="Kōei (era)">Kōei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1342–1345</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dwa_(Muromachi_period)" title="Jōwa (Muromachi period)">Jōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1345–1350</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kann%C5%8D" title="Kannō">Kannō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1350–1352</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunna" title="Bunna">Bunna</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1352–1356</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Enbun" title="Enbun">Enbun</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1356–1361</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dan_(Muromachi_period)" title="Kōan (Muromachi period)">Kōan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1361–1362</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dji" title="Jōji">Jōji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1362–1368</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Can" title="Ōan">Ōan</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1368–1375</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eiwa" title="Eiwa">Eiwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1375–1379</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dryaku" title="Kōryaku">Kōryaku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1379–1381</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eitoku" title="Eitoku">Eitoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1381–1384</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Shitoku" title="Shitoku">Shitoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1384–1387</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kakei" title="Kakei">Kakei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1387–1389</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8D%C5%8D_(Nanboku-ch%C5%8D_period)" title="Kōō (Nanboku-chō period)">Kōō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1389–1390</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Meitoku" title="Meitoku">Meitoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1390–1394<sup>‡</sup></span> </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Nanboku-ch%C5%8D_period" title="Nanboku-chō period">Nanboku-chō period</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Southern_Court" title="Southern Court">Southern Court</a>)</small><br />1336–1392</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kemmu" title="Kemmu">Kemmu</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1334–1336</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Engen" title="Engen">Engen</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1336–1340</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dkoku" title="Kōkoku">Kōkoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1340–1346</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dhei" title="Shōhei">Shōhei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1346–1370</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kentoku" title="Kentoku">Kentoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1370–1372</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunch%C5%AB" title="Bunchū">Bunchū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1372–1375</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenju" title="Tenju">Tenju</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1375–1381</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dwa_(Muromachi_period)" title="Kōwa (Muromachi period)">Kōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1381–1384</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Gench%C5%AB" title="Genchū">Genchū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1384–1392<sup>‡</sup></span> </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Muromachi_period" title="Muromachi period">Muromachi period</a><br />1333–1573</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cei" title="Ōei">Ōei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1394–1428</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dch%C5%8D" title="Shōchō">Shōchō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1428–1429</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eiky%C5%8D" title="Eikyō">Eikyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1429–1441</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kakitsu" title="Kakitsu">Kakitsu</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1441–1444</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bun%27an" title="Bun'an">Bun'an</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1444–1449</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dtoku" title="Hōtoku">Hōtoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1449–1452</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dtoku" title="Kyōtoku">Kyōtoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1452–1455</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D" title="Kōshō">Kōshō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1455–1457</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Droku" title="Chōroku">Chōroku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1457–1460</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kansh%C5%8D" title="Kanshō">Kanshō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1460–1466</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunsh%C5%8D" title="Bunshō">Bunshō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1466–1467</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cnin" title="Ōnin">Ōnin</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1467–1469</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunmei" title="Bunmei">Bunmei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1469–1487</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dky%C5%8D" title="Chōkyō">Chōkyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1487–1489</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Entoku" title="Entoku">Entoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1489–1492</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Mei%C5%8D" title="Meiō">Meiō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1492–1501</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunki" title="Bunki">Bunki</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1501–1521</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eish%C5%8D_(Muromachi_period)" title="Eishō (Muromachi period)">Eishō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1504–1521</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Daiei_(era)" title="Daiei (era)">Daiei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1521–1528</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%8Droku" title="Kyōroku">Kyōroku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1528–1532</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenbun" title="Tenbun">Tenbun</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1532–1555</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_(Muromachi_period)" title="Kōji (Muromachi period)">Kōji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1555–1558</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Eiroku" title="Eiroku">Eiroku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1558–1570</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Genki" title="Genki">Genki</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1570–1573</span> </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Azuchi-Momoyama_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Azuchi-Momoyama period">Momoyama period</a><br />1573–1600</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tensh%C5%8D_(Momoyama_period)" title="Tenshō (Momoyama period)">Tenshō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1573–1592</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunroku" title="Bunroku">Bunroku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1592–1596</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Keich%C5%8D" title="Keichō">Keichō </a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1596–1615</span>  </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a><br />1600–1868</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Genna" title="Genna">Genna</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1615–1624</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kan%27ei" title="Kan'ei">Kan'ei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1624–1644</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Shōhō">Shōhō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1644–1648</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Keian" title="Keian">Keian</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1648–1652</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8D%C5%8D_(Edo_period)" title="Jōō (Edo period)">Jōō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1652–1655</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Meireki" title="Meireki">Meireki</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1655–1658</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Manji_(era)" title="Manji (era)">Manji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1658–1661</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kanbun_(era)" title="Kanbun (era)">Kanbun</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1661–1673</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Enp%C5%8D" title="Enpō">Enpō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1673–1681</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenna" title="Tenna">Tenna</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1681–1684</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dky%C5%8D" title="Jōkyō">Jōkyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1684–1688</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Genroku" title="Genroku">Genroku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1688–1704</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dei" title="Hōei">Hōei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1704–1711</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dtoku_(era)" title="Shōtoku (era)">Shōtoku</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1711–1716</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Kyōhō">Kyōhō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1716–1736</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Genbun" title="Genbun">Genbun</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1736–1741</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kanp%C5%8D" title="Kanpō">Kanpō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1741–1744</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Enky%C5%8D_(Edo_period)" title="Enkyō (Edo period)">Enkyō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1744–1748</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kan%27en" title="Kan'en">Kan'en</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1748–1751</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dreki" title="Hōreki">Hōreki</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1751–1764</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Meiwa" title="Meiwa">Meiwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1764–1772</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/An%27ei" title="An'ei">An'ei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1772–1781</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenmei" title="Tenmei">Tenmei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1781–1789</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kansei" title="Kansei">Kansei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1789–1801</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dwa" title="Kyōwa">Kyōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1801–1804</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunka" title="Bunka">Bunka</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1804–1818</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunsei" title="Bunsei">Bunsei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1818–1830</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Tenp%C5%8D" title="Tenpō">Tenpō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1830–1844</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dka" title="Kōka">Kōka</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1844–1848</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kaei" title="Kaei">Kaei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1848–1854</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Ansei" title="Ansei">Ansei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1854–1860</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Man%27en" title="Man'en">Man'en</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1860–1861</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Bunky%C5%AB" title="Bunkyū">Bunkyū</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1861–1864</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Genji_era" title="Genji era">Genji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1864–1865</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Kei%C5%8D" title="Keiō">Keiō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1865–1868</span> </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue; line–height:1.5em;">Modern Japan<br />1868–<i>present</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <p><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meiji</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1868–1912</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Taish%C5%8D_period" title="Taishō period">Taishō</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1912–1926</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_period" title="Shōwa period">Shōwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1926–1989</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Heisei_period" title="Heisei period">Heisei</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">1989–2019</span>  <b>·</b>  <a href="/wiki/Reiwa_period" title="Reiwa period">Reiwa</a> <span style="font-size:0.85em; color:#aaa;">2019–<i>present</i></span> </p> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:lightsteelblue;"><div><sup>♯</sup>The Northern pretenders did not recognize the Genkō era. Gentoku was used in the Northern Court until 1332.<br /> <sup>₪</sup>The Shōkyō era was recognized only by the Northern pretenders, not by the Southern Court.<br /> <sup>‡</sup> Upon reunification of the Northern and Southern Courts in 1392, Genchū was discontinued. 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