Timeline for "Sea of Fertility" novels

The following links provide background information on the historical period of Japan during which each novel of "Sea of Fertility" takes place.

Spring Snow : 1912

• Short History of Japan from 1850 to the beginning of Second World War

• Sino-Japanese War

Runaway Horses : 1932

• Brief outline of Japanese history from 1927 to the bombing of Pearl Harbor (1941).

• Japanese Imperialism in Asia WARNING :: THIS SITE CONTAINS VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES OF THE JAPANESE INVASION OF NANJING. THE LINK ENTITLED "NANJING MASSACRE" CONTAINS IMAGES THAT DEAL WITH WAR ATROCITIES AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL VIEWERS.

Temple of Dawn : 1939

• Outline of the Second World War

Decay of the Angel : 1970

• Contemporary Japan

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