the Bamboo Annals (chronicle of ancient China)

age, era, period / date / a decade in a century

bamboo / the middle of a 3-tier ranking system

(archaic) antique, old-fashioned / (colloquial) ancient

ancient times, antiquity, remote ages

bamboo

Short for 中国地方 (Chūgoku chihō): the Chūgoku region of Japan

the central part of a country, historically, commonly known as the capital city or the main region, where an emperor or other ruler resides / something within a country

(historical or contemporary) any of several kingdoms, empires, or states of the Chinese people

a surname