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  2. Japanese era name - Wikipedia

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    The list of Japanese era names is the result of a periodization system which was established by Emperor Kōtoku in 645. The system of Japanese era names (年号, nengō, "year name") was irregular until the beginning of the 8th century. [25] After 701, sequential era names developed without interruption across a span of centuries. [10]

  3. Date and time notation in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The current time is at top right in orange. Both the 12-hour and 24-hour notations are commonly used in Japan. The 24-hour notation is commonly used in Japan, especially in train schedules. [1] The 12-hour notation is also commonly used, by adding 午前 ("before noon") or 午後 ("after noon") before the time, e.g. 午前10時 for 10 am. [1]

  4. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    The categorisation of the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time is called periodization. [1] This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields of study. These can be divided broadly into prehistorical periods and historical periods (when written records began to be kept).

  5. Japanese calendar - Wikipedia

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    Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems. At present, Japan uses the Gregorian calendar together with year designations stating the year of the reign of the current Emperor. [1] The written form starts with the year, then the month and finally the day, coinciding with the ISO 8601 standard.

  6. Jōō (Edo period) - Wikipedia

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    Jōō (承応), alternatively romanized as Jō-ō or Shōō, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Keian and before Meireki.This period spanned the years from September 1652 through April 1655. [1]

  7. Japanese clock - Wikipedia

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    Two separate foliot balances allow this 18th-century Japanese clock to run at two different speeds to indicate unequal hours.. A Japanese clock (和時計, wadokei) is a mechanical clock that has been made to tell traditional Japanese time, a system in which daytime and nighttime are always divided into six periods whose lengths consequently change with the season.

  8. 63 People Share Rules That Were Implemented Because Of One ...

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    Image credits: toptrot #4. My high school used to have a d**g project where we’d have to give a presentation on a certain d**g. There was a little thing on how it’s made, like in a lab or it ...

  9. Glossary of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    (b) Heian period (平安時代) – historical period during which capital was located at Heian-kyō. Hiki Yoshikazu's rebellion (比企能員の乱 Hiki Yoshikazu no Ran) – Hiki Yoshikazu's rebellion against the Hōjō clan. Hōjō clan (北条氏) – branch of the Taira clan that ruled Japan from Kamakura during the Kamakura period. Not to ...