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Japan

polity · 800 AD–present

Japan, a polity recorded 800 AD–present: 9 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Names

NameIn useLanguage
Japan800 AD–1529 AD—
Japan (Warring States)1530 AD–1649 AD—
Japan1783 AD–1879 AD—
Japan (USA)1945 AD–1959 AD—
Japan1960 AD–present—

Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
800 AD–899 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 800 ADReligion: shinto.
1492 AD–1499 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1492 ADReligion: shinto.
1500 AD–1529 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1500 ADReligion: shinto.
1530 AD–1649 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1530 ADReligion: shinto.
1783 AD–1799 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1783 ADReligion: shinto.
1800 AD–1814 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1800 ADReligion: shinto.
1815 AD–1879 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1815 ADReligion: shinto.
1945 AD–1959 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 ADSubject to United States. Religion: shinto.
1960 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1960 ADReligion: shinto.

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

Sources