Introduction: Before time began
Children of the Sun, 400 BCE-710 CE
Nara: The flowering of Buddhism, 710-794 CE
Heian: City of purple hills and crystal streams, 794-1180
Kamakura: Rise of the Samurai, 1180-1333
Muromachi: Beauty and turmoil, 1333-1573
Azuchi Momoyama: The men who would be Shogun, 1573-1603
Edo: Tokugawa Renaissance, 1603-1853
Bakumatsu: Fall of the Tokugawa, 1853-1868
Meiji: Headlong into the modern world, 1868-1912
Taisho: Crosscurrents, 1912-1926
Showa: From defeat to prosperity, 1926-1989
Heisei: Darker years, 1989-2019
Reiwa: A new emperor for a new age, 2019-present
