NIHONMONO TIMELINE

A chronological listing of shows set in historical Japan.
(NOTE: List is still being compiled. 1974-present complete.)

Title	Famous Figures	Dates
Fantastical Settings (folk-tales & mythology)
Susano-o	Susano-o	??
Poem of the White Heron	n/a	??
Book of Sakura	n/a	??
The Bell-Ringer Yoshichi	n/a	??
The Demon of Suzaku Gate	n/a	??
Little One Inch	n/a	??
Suirenshou	n/a	??
Dragon and Phoenix Dreams	n/a	??
Ibaraki Douji	Watanabe no Tsuna	fantastical 10th century
Flowers are Falling, Falling	n/a	fantastical Heian Period
The Legend of Oeyama	Watanabe no Tsuna	fantastical Heian Period
Yoshitsune and the Fox Spirit: A Cherry Blossom Fantasy	Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Minamoto no Yoritomo	Fantastical Heian period
Warring States Free-For-All	Sanada Yukimura, Uesugi Kenshin, others	fantastical 15th - 16th century
Legend of the Eight Dog Warriors	n/a	fantastical 15th - 16th century
Hey, Mr. Spring Wind	n/a	Fantastical Edo Period (?)
Love Goblin	n/a	Fantastical Edo Period (?)
Prehistoric and Ancient Japan ( - 538)
(Jomon, Yayoi & Kofun)
MAHOROBA	Shinto Pantheon	creation myth
Susano-o	Shinto Pantheon	mythology
Wind Over Yamatai-koku	Himiko	Yayoi Period
Prince Hayabusawake's Rebellion	Prince Hayabusawake	early 5th century
Prince Tsukigumo	Kinashi no Karu, Anaho	mid-5th century
Classical Japan (538 - 1185)
(Asuka, Nara & Heian)
The Glow of Sunset in Asuka	Soga no Kuratsukuri	630s - 640s
Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino	Nakano Ooe no Miko, Nukata no Ookimi	late 7th century
Drops From the Wearying Mountain	Emperor Tenmu, Ootsu no Miko	7th century
Kamatari	Nakatomi no Kamatari, Nakano Ooe no Miko	7th century
The Tall and Shining Sun Prince	Fujiwara no Fuhito, Prince Kiyohito, Princess Asukabe	713
Chronicles of Tamayura	Prince Asukabe, Princess Asukabe, Obito no Miko	early 8th century
Redhead from Amagasaki	n/a	Nara Period
Wisteria Viewing Banquet	n/a	Nara Period
Aterui	Aterui	late 8th century
The Haste of Flowers	Ono no Takamura	early 9th century
Revolt of a Gallant Poet	Ariwara no Narihira	mid 9th century
The Tale of a Cow Herder	n/a	Early Heian
New Ephemeral Flowers	Fujiwara no Morosuke	10th century
In the Tender Light of a Fine Spring	Fujiwara Yasumasa	late 10th century
Ephemeral Flowers	Minamoto no Yorimitsu	late 10th century
Murasaki Shikibu	Murasaki Shikibu	late 10th century - early 11th century
The Tale of Genji -Lived in a Dream-	n/a	early 11th century
The Tale of Genji -Lived in a Dream II-	n/a	early 11th century
The New Tale of Genji	n/a	early 11th century
Floating Bridge of Dreams	n/a	early 11th century
Ukifune and Kaoru-no-Kimi	n/a	early 11th century
Sleeping Moon	n/a	11th century
This Boundless Love	Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Shizuka Gozen	late 12th century (alternate history)
In Spring Under the Blossoming Trees	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	Late 12th Century
Beautiful Young Warrior	Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Saitou Benkei, Azusa	Mid-12th Century
Soufuren	n/a	Heian Period
Hand Drum of Heaven	n/a	Heian Period
Butterfly Lovers	n/a	Heian Period
Decaying in Love	n/a	Heian Period
Spring Again	n/a	Heian Period (?)
You, Ablaze in Red	n/a	Heian Period
Anju and Zushio	n/a	Heian Period (?)
The Chronicles of Shunshuu	n/a	Heian Period
Flowers Strewn on the Western Sea	Taira no Sukemori	12th century
Dance, Snail, Dance!	Ochikubo-hime	Heian Period
Crimson and White Plum Blossoms	n/a	12th century
Evening Flute of Shiiba	n/a	1180
Medieval Japan (1185 - 1568)
(Kamakura & Muromachi)
Snowy Landscape: Vestiges of a Dream	n/a	Late 13th century
Ouranki	Kusunoki Masatsura	Mid-14th century
Extreme Embarrassment	Zeami	1427
Oguri!	Oguri Hangan	early 15th century
Chinese Milk Vetch	n/a	late 15th century (?)
Blazing Wind	Takenaka Hanbei	mid-16th century
NOBUNAGA	Oda Nobunaga	late 16th century
Transient Autumn Leaves	Oda Nobunaga	late 16th century
Bamboo-Leaf Boat	Akechi Mitsuhide	mid 16th century
Calm Autumn Colors / A Melody of Love in Crimson	n/a	Muromachi Period
The End of the Surging Waves	n/a	Muromachi Period
Hama-Chidori	n/a	Ryukyu Kingdom (1429-1879) ?
The Nymph's Mask	n/a	? (contemporary with Chinese Ming Dynasty)
White Heron	n/a	Warring States Period
Early Modern Period (1568 - 1868)
(Azuchi-Momoyama & Edo)
Hama-Chidori	n/a	Ryukyu Kingdom (1429-1879) ?
Ganryuu	"Ganryuu" Sasaki Kojiro	1590s - 1612
Drum, Resound to the Sky!	n/a	15th - 16th century
Oiran and Her Son	n/a	mid-16th Century
A Beautiful Life	Ishida Mitsunari	late 16th century
Yukariko	n/a	late 16th century
Flower Blizzard, Love Blizzard	Ishikawa Goemon	late 16th century
Paper Making Love Song	Higashiyama Yaemon	late 16th century
Bridegroom Contest	n/a	(kyougen) 16th century
A Flute Named Wind	Matsudaira Tadateru Kazusanosuke	1592 - 1683
Unmatched in Dreams and Reality	Miyamoto Musashi	early 17th century
Maeda Keiji	Maeda Keiji	early 17th century
Hanakuyou	n/a	early 17th century
Falling Cherry Blossoms	n/a	early 17th century
Flowered Robe	Sanzaburo Nagoya	17th century
Princess Sen	Toyotomi Hideyori, Princess Sen, Honda Heihachirou	early 17th century
Song of the Cherry Blossoms	Kabayama Hisataka, King Shō Nei	1609-1610
Love and Seagulls and a Six-mon Coin	n/a	1614
Anaji		1633
Amakusanada of the Flame	Amakusa Shirou	1630s
The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls	Yagyū Jūbei	1624 - 1644
MESSIAH	Amakusa Shirou	Shimabara Rebellion 1637-8
Chikamatsu		late 17th century
Book of Lingering Memories	Sakata Tōjūrō	late 17th century
Someday We'll Meet	n/a	late 17th century
The Three Little Musketeers of Edo	n/a	late 17th Century
A Flame	n/a	late 17th century
Genroku Baroque Rock	n/a	Genroku Era (late 17th century)
Fireman's Battle Song	n/a	Edo (?)
Three Generations of Dance	n/a	early Edo Period
The 47 Ronin	n/a	1701
The One Who Disappeared into the Morning Mist	n/a	1701
Lovers' Suicide	n/a	1710
Nostalgia Across the Sea	n/a	1750s-1760s
Scarlet Camellia, Blooming in the Snow	Mori Koheita	Early 18th Century
Fly Up, Young Seagulls	Shimada Yuutarou	1830s
One Night of Stars	Tokugawa Yoshimune	mid-18th century
Two Pieces of Silver	n/a	late 18th century
Tenmei Era Fantasy	n/a	late 18th century
Someday We'll Meet	Takayama Ukon	late 18th century
A Small Flower Has Bloomed	n/a	Edo Period
Shigure Hill Road in Nagasaki	n/a	mid-19th century
Complete Devotion	n/a	19th century
I Won’t Forget the Young Day’s Song	n/a	Edo Period
Love and Fire	n/a	Edo Period
The Spirit of the Samurai	Shinsengumi	1860s
Man of Starlight	Shinsengumi	1860s
The Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate	Takasugi Shinsaku, Kusaka Genzui	1862
JIN	Sakamoto Ryouma, Katsu Kaishu	1862
Young Lion, Shake Your Mane	Matsudaira Katamori, Aizu Byakkotai	1868-1869
An Actor's Revenge	n/a	19th century
Lovely Miss Kichisa	n/a	(kabuki) 19th century
Jirokichi of the Wind	Nakamura Jirokichi (Nezumi Kozō)	late 19th century
Osaka Samurai	n/a	late 19th century
Vanished With the Musashino Dew	Hashimoto Saneyana, Kazu-hime, Tokugawa Iemochi	late 19th century
Sketches from the Life of Ryoma Sakamoto	Sakamoto Ryouma, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Katsu Kaishu	1853 - 1867 (likely 1871 prologue)
Stalwart: Sakamoto Ryouma!	Sakamoto Ryouma, Oryō, Katsura Kogorō	late 19th century
Ryoma -Stalwart: Sakamoto Ryōma! II-	Sakamoto Ryouma, Oryō, Katsura Kogorō	late 19th century
Snowy Landscape: Two Loves & Flowered Hairpin	n/a	Edo Period
Rain That Stops a Guest From Leaving	n/a	Edo Period
Bridge of Tears, Bridge of Smiles	n/a	Edo Period (?)
Kurawanka	n/a	Edo Period (?)
The Visitor: Older Brother	n/a	Edo Period (?)
Heir of Basara	n/a	Edo Period
Shadow of the Moon	n/a	late Edo Period
The Winter's Tale	n/a	Edo Period
Pale Dawn	n/a	Edo Period
The Kawagiri Bridge	n/a	Edo Period
House Amid the Thickets	n/a	Late Edo Period
Another World	n/a	Edo period
Spring, When the Magnolias Bloom	n/a	Edo Period
When the Last Sword Is Drawn	Yoshimura Kanichirou, Oono Jirouemon	late Edo Period
Love and Spears and a Box of a Thousand Ryou	n/a	late Edo Period
Love and a Foghorn and a Silver Watch	n/a	late Edo Period
Scattering Flowers, Listen to the Whisper of the Wind	Iba Hachirou Hidesato	late 19th century
Love and Fire	n/a	19th century
A Narrow Road of Daphne	n/a	late Edo Period
Limitlesss Love	n/a	19th century
My Song Resounds / Beautiful, Secret Seasons	n/a	??
Draw Your Sword	n/a	Edo Period
For as Long as I Live	n/a	late Edo Period
Spring Nightingale Song	n/a	Edo Period
Melody of Falling Leaves	n/a	late Edo Period
Forbidden First Love	n/a	Edo (?)
Touge no Manzai	n/a	Edo Period (?)
Kotobuki Shiki Sanbasou	n/a	Edo Period (?)
Snow Woman	n/a	unknown
Otemoyan	n/a	End of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Modern Japan (1868 - 1989)
(Meiji, Taisho, Showa)
Noto Love Song	n/a	early Meiji Period
One Samurai from Kagoshima	Saigou Takamori, Kirino Toshiaki	late 19th century
The Wanderer Kenshin	Katsura Kogoro, Yamagata Arimoto, Inoue Kaoru	1865 and 1878 (1864 flashback)
The Tale of Tatsu-no-miya	n/a	mid-Meiji Period
In Search of El Dorado	Iwasaki Yatarou	Meiji Period
Epiphany	n/a	Meiji Period
Growing Up	n/a	Meiji Period
Eternal Tale	n/a	Meiji Period
Poem of the Wild Chrysanthemum	n/a	late Meiji Period
Dream Plover	Yumeji Takehisa	1884 - 1934
Spring Snow	n/a	Taisho Period
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern	n/a	1920s
Beyond the End	n/a	1920s
Akechi Kogorou’s Incident Report -The Black Lizard-	n/a	1920s
A Morning Breeze	Shirasu Jiro	1930s-40s
Town of Shooting Stars	Kitahara Satoko	post-WWII
Meadow of Stars	n/a	post-WWII
The Future / Parallel Universes
Shangri-La	n/a	post-apocolyptic future
The Microcosmic War of Dejima	n/a	Parallel Universe Steam Punk Edo Period