Japan: a concise history

Traditional Japan: prehistory to 1185

Ancient Japan (to ca. 400 CE)

Yamato Japan (ca. 400-700)

Nara Japan (710-794)

Heian Japan (794-1185)

Feudal Japan (1185-1868)

Kamakura Japan (1185-1333)

Ashikaga Japan (1333-1603)

Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868): stability

Tokugawa Japan: change

Tokugawa Japan: western intrusion

Modern Japan (1868-1945)

Meiji Japan (1868-1912): politics

Meiji Japan: economics and society

Meiji Japan: foreign relations

Imperial Japan: world power (1912-1922)

Imperial Japan: peace and conflict (1922-1937)

Imperial Japan: World War II (1937-1945)

Postwar Japan (1945 to present)

Occupied Japan (1945-1952)

Contemporary Japan (since 1952): domestic affairs, politics

Contemporary Japan: domestic affairs, economics and society

Contemporary Japan: foreign affairs.