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TABLE OF JAPANESE ERA NAMES (NENGO) Western Calendar Main Periods 10000 BC - Paleolithic ca 10000 BC - ca 300 BC Jomon ca 300 BC - ca AD 300 Yayoi ca AD 300 - 710 Kofun AD 710 - 794 Nara 794 - 1185 Heian 1185 - 1333 Kamakura 1333 - 1568 Muromachi 1568 - 1600 Azuchi-Momoyama 1600 - 1868 Edo 1868 - 1912 Meiji 1912 - 1926 Taisyo 1926 - 1989 Syowa 1989 - Heisei

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