I voted for Kamakura because I've actually studied the artwork of that time period. Maybe I'm little uninformed of what else happened outside of beautiful architecture and sculptures.
Jomon (prehistory)
Yayoi (prehistory)
Kofun & asuka (early kingdoms : 300-710)
Nara & Heian (710-1185)
Kamakura (first, Minamoto-Hojo shogunate : 1185-1333)
Muromachi (Ashikaga shogunate 1333-1568)
Azuchi-Momoyama (great leaders : 1568-1600)
Edo (the closed country & Tokugawa shogunate : 1600-1867)
Bakumatsu (late Edo)
Meiji (the Westernization 1868-1912)
Taisho (social upheavals : 1912-1926)
Early Showa (militarism and WWII : 1926-1945)
US Occupation (1945-1952)
Late Showa (peace and economic miracle : 1952-1989)
Heisei (economic decline and post-modern culture)
I voted for Kamakura because I've actually studied the artwork of that time period. Maybe I'm little uninformed of what else happened outside of beautiful architecture and sculptures.
-Trista
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