Japanese History & Cultural Heritage

As the Japan is one of the most developed Country in the world it's a must that share & know how was the Historical Japan, What were their main livelihoods, what were the Political Back grounds, what were the Religious backgrounds & how their leaders rules the country over its history . As we know the country has faced lot of devastating's over its history & still they are strong enough to be a one of leading country in the world, is it due to they have strong foundation built along its history? Will check each , In Japan there are few periods/Eras they have elapsed till now from the beginning , Basically there are 6 Eras Japan has surpassed.

1\. Ancient Era of Japan 10,000 BC to 538

Ancient Japan can describe the Era of Cultivation, Art & a Unique Practice of Government, Japan mostly has influenced by the 'China & Korea' Culture, from the beginning they didn't let any external forces to rule their Country or make changes inside the community, an ancient Japanese their livelihood was 'Fishing, Hunting & Farming, but after the period Call 'Yayoi'(900 BC – 250 AD) it seems they have start to work with tools & use bronze trade & step in to weaving avocation & in this age the population of Japan has increased in considerable manner & in this epoch the tribe call ' Yayoi' has separated to few kingdoms.

2\. Classic Era of Japan 538 to 1185

This is the time period which Japan has introduced the 'Buddhism' by the Korea in sixth century & circulated the philosophy over the country, we can describe 'Classic Japan' as Era of Religious influx, the Korea is the pioneer which were taken part to introduce 'Buddhism' to Japan & the politically they have centralized the country as a one nation, reforming the separated Kingdoms as a one Land & introduced new systems of Taxation & induced, executed the civil law its Reforms of all land as one with nationalized & after a 65 years later Japan has went through a dark ages the time period call 'Nara'(710 – 794\) all the japan suffered with immense natural disasters such as Wildfires, famines & some serious diseases with this bad time Japan lost millions of lives there & they were more demonstrated to embrace the 'Buddhism' & they have built more Temples in this era, however end of this time they were able to rise up again with the population in a way.

3\. Medieval Era of Japan 1185 to 1603

The epoch of Civil War & mobilize the 'Samurai' armies they fought with 'Mongols' but as it recorded it didn't bring much commercial value to Japan, meanwhile they had growing period of Population & the technologies being spread out to the rural areas they have found solutions for the natural disasters & illness & they were able to make it more less & the 'Buddhism' been largely expanded all over the country they conducted events with famous Priests & Monks, in this period the Monk 'Honen'(1133 to 1212\) has established the center called 'Pure Land Buddhism' this is the Japan's 1st independent Buddhist Branch & the period call ' Muromachi Culture' is the golden period in a way to Japan, the economic has developed in a significant way as well the population increased & instead the method they used Bartering they moved to Currency, they moved to Currency, they moved to Currency, they have minted their own Coins for Japan & they have come up with the 'Art' painting & decorations & 'Bonsai' Culture developed.

4\. Early modern Era of Japan 1603 to 1868

Early modern Japan started with the period call 'Azuchi-Momoyama' (1568 to 1600\) in this 16th Century Japan Colonized by the two warlords call 'Oda Nobunaga' & 'Toyotomi Hideyoshi', the leader 'Nobunaga' was a ruthless warlord & it manifested that he has plot Christianity against his Buddhist enemies & he has created the strong relations with European gentry, there are no any remarkable thrives happened in Japan under his control after the 'Nobunaga' the 'Hideyoshi' who was 'Nobunaga's' servant, later became his one of best General & his period started in 1568 & 'Hideyoshi' has revenged 'Nobunaga' several times & 'Hideyoshi' has made new laws in Japan Society. Launched social classes which brought persecutions to Christianity & Samurai by later he dreamed to conquer China & launch out the invasion but 'Nobunaga' failed & the war ended after his death 1598.'Tokugawa shogunate' start to rule the country in 1600 to 1868 this period was called 'Edo period' which was run with very tight controls & laws, cruel decrees happened for any misbehaviors & offenses such as crucifixion & beheadings and 'Shogunate' has banish the Christianity completely since found the religion as a serious threat & made laws to stop receive the overseas ideas, the policy was raised to stop the travel aboard & return for Japanese, only the Europe(Dutch) were allowed to do business with Japan & the China & Korea, all the controversial creations are banned & destroyed such as books & written ideas. In this 10 decades 'Shogunate' rules the Japan it leads to dozens of improvement, a large develop in Agriculture & construction of Roads, Bridges & expanding of School & the temples created & the most famous 'Haiku' culture extensively swelled & Dramas & other Arts developed & spread around the country in this period.After early nineteenth centuries the 'Shogunate' showed a decreasing flow of its monarchy, the US & UK and other western countries entered to Japan & put pressures on Japan, with this involvements the 'Shogunate' age come to its end & in 1868 the early modern period of Japan is terminated.

5\. Modern Era of Japan 1868 to 1945

This is the beginning of globalization of Japan the big upturn in society under the control of government 'Meiji', they opened the Japan for all the technology & open sources, developed the railways & the telegraph lines were created they understood the importance of western science mainly the medical forms, a big latitude were given for human rights & social factors, during the 'Meiji' period the both Government & Privet sectors adopts the western Technology for make a goods & run a business also in this Era Japanese were lived very genial longer lives & the population also increased 34 million in 1872 to 52 million in 1915 & the 'Meiji' government introduce a legislation in 1911 for working hours & minimum age to be an employee. The periods call 'Taisho' (1912 – 1926\) & 'Showa' (1926 – 1989\) Japan showed a large growth of economic & social & Political.In 1941 the Government was leading by the Prime minister & the general 'Hideki Tojo' and they were planned to attack to the US fleets at Pearl Harbor & this leads to 2nd world war & Japan were able to conquer Asian colonies of US & other countries 'Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia etc. in 1942 the Japan was confronted for war crimes & mistreatments of prisoners & use of biological weapons. In August 6th & 9th in 1945 the USA nuked (6th august bomb title-little boy gun-type & 9th August bomb title-Fat man plutonium implosion) the Japan main cities calls ' Hiroshima & Nagasaki' this is the 1st time the world ever experience the retribution of Nuclear weapons, with 'Hiroshima' attack it killed nearly 146,000 lives & with 'Nagasaki' attack it killed 80,000 people most of them were civilians & after this Japan has devastating time period, with this Nuke attack Japan has to go under an agony & time to time a bomb campaign happened & it destroyed almost 67 cities in japan, with this consequence Japan announced its surrender to Allies on august 15th 1945 & it ended the 2nd world war.Shigeru Yoshida appointed as Japan Prime minister in 1946 & he was doing key role to develop the economy again in Japan after the 2nd world war.in 1955 Japan again raise its head with economy growth & the population increased in a considerable amount & Japan became the world largest manufacturer of automobiles & electronics. In 1956 Japan became a member of 'Union Nations' & Japan was privileged to hosted the 'Olympic games' in Tokyo & Japan remodeled its army in 1954 with the name 'Japan self-defense' & this time japan developed the Cinema industry widely with the newest technology & it brought the immense commercial advantages to Japan.This time period is the most devastating & the most thrived Era of Japan, faced so much of problems, loss of lives & age of dolorousness, but they didn't quit they were able to raise up as one of the most developed country in the world around in 20 years after US nuke the Japan, Japan capable to be the pioneer in automobile technology & the electronic techniques,

6\. Heisei Era of Japan (Contemporary Japan) 1945 to 1989

This period can mention as the present Japan & Governed by the non-LPD prime ministers in 1993 \-1996 & 2009-2012, after the 1989 Japan has a decreasing flow of its economy & stock market but the still the market they built for technology never went down but increasing such as 'Anime, Video games & Manga creations, allover the Japan history it has faced up & downs but the with their strong systems & controlling they always capable to keep its head up along its history & for now all the mankind enjoyed all their automobile services & all the high technique electronic solutions for the world.