I really like studying Japanese history, so I was wondering if anyone else here likes studying it? What's your favorite time period to study in Japanese history?
My favorite periods to study are the Sengoku and Meiji periods!
I love learning about the history too! Recently I've been reading an antique book called Japan: An Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn. He puts quite the socialist spin on the culture in general, but it's interesting to learn about the rise and fall of the shogunate and samurai over the eras.
I really love the style of the Edo and Meiji periods. I would have to say that they're my favorites!
古墳時代 is pretty interesting. The name comes from the keyhole-shaped burial mounds (古墳) that were common at the time.
鎌倉時代 had both of the Mongol invasions.
You have 室町時代, with its early years known as the 南北朝時代 (when the imperial court was divided), which I believe was also a period in Chinese history. Name comes from the shogunate being located in Muromachi, Kyoto. Its final century overlaps with 戦国時代. Lots of civil wars.
Speaking of Sengoku, its final phase was known as 安土桃山時代, which was the period when Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi held the central government.
From the modern periods I like 明治 and 昭和 :)
I ended up looking into pretty much all of the periods — at least to some extent — when I was masking my "Japan's Historical Periods" community list. The prehistoric and ancient periods were pretty interesting, but I didn't end up retaining much information (besides about Kofun). I mean, 石器時代 isn't all that different from the more general "Stone Age". I did like how it was divided into 旧石器時代 > 中石器時代 > 新石器時代, mainly because of the kanji use: 旧 > 中 > 新.
Well, for me, the Genpei war is very interesting. There's a book probably called "The fall of the clan Taira" or something like that. Unfortunately, I didn't find any translations in czech
古墳時代 is pretty interesting. The name comes from the keyhole-shaped burial mounds (古墳) that were common at the time.
鎌倉時代 had both of the Mongol invasions.
You have 室町時代, with its early years known as the 南北朝時代 (when the imperial court was divided), which I believe was also a period in Chinese history. Name comes from the shogunate being located in Muromachi, Kyoto. Its final century overlaps with 戦国時代. Lots of civil wars.
Speaking of Sengoku, its final phase was known as 安土桃山時代, which was the period when Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi held the central government.
From the modern periods I like 明治 and 昭和 :)
I ended up looking into pretty much all of the periods — at least to some extent — when I was masking my "Japan's Historical Periods" community list. The prehistoric and ancient periods were pretty interesting, but I didn't end up retaining much information (besides about Kofun). I mean, 石器時代 isn't all that different from the more general "Stone Age". I did like how it was divided into 旧石器時代 > 中石器時代 > 新石器時代, mainly because of the kanji use: 旧 > 中 > 新.
Sure, I like the 安土桃山時代. Actually, they're all interesting!
I love Shōgun, but it’s important to realize that it’s fiction, not an historical account. Many of the characters are based on real people, but all the names have been changed, and a great deal of dramatic license has been taken.
I'd also like to recommend the story of the Tenshō embassy. There's a pretty good YouTube documentary about it. It's a bit more Europe-centred, but it's still very much an interesting Japanese historical event.
