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Annotated Guide to Research in Japanese History: Chronologies

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Both general and specialized chronologies exist for a wide array of subjects, and they can be invaluable aids.  They can alert you to simultaneous and perhaps related events that you might easily overlook in reading an account of one or another.

 

1.   Nihon rekishi nempyō日本歴史年表史 Vol. 11 of Item 3.a. The fullest one-volume nempyō, a graphic presentation of Japanese history, showing who is reigning, who is ruling, listing important events, and the relation between Japanese year periods and Western dates.

 

2.   Kindai Nihon sōgō nempyō,  近代日本総合年表  

 

3.   Sakuin seiji keizai dainempyō索引政治経済大年表 by Tōyō Keizai Shimpō Sha (1971) An extremely detailed chronology covering 1840-1965, with two volumes of chronology and two volumes of index by names and events.

 

4.   Nihonshi Nenpyō. Shinpan  日本史年表 Rekishigaku kenkyūkai. Iwanami shoten, 1984.

 

5.   Hyakushō ikki sōgō nenpyō,  百姓一揆総合年表 Aoki Kōji.  San’ichi shobō, 1971, reprinted in 1986.

 

6.   Nihon rōdō undōshi nenpyō,  日本労働運動史年表 v. 1 Meiji Taishō hen.  Aoki Kōji.  Shinseisha, 1968.

 

7.   Shakai  rōdō undō dainenpyō,  社会・労働運動大年表 Hosei Daigaku ōhara Shakai Mondai Kenkyūjo. Rōdō Junpōsha, 1986. 4 volumes. Covers years 1868-1985.  Updated 1 volume edition published in 1995 includes all the material from the first edition (on thinner paper), plus the most recent ten years.  This chronology defines its subject broadly and has material on cultural and political history, and international events.  Major events are annotated.  Includes index volume.

 

 

8.   Nihon Rekishi Nenpyōshi 日本歴史年表史 Okuno Hikoroku.  Yōzankaku, 1972.

 

 

 Chronological Concordance

 

1.   Japanese Chronological Tables from 601 to 1872 A.D., by Tsuchihashi  (RW 7191/87).   For converting pre-1873 Japanese lunar solar dates to the Western calendar.  (Normally Japanese dates need not be converted.  Leave them in their original form: day/month/year.  Intercalary months can be represented by putting an “i” before the month.)