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Yayoi culture |
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Yayoi culture(c. 250 BC–c. AD 250) Prehistoric culture of Japan subsequent to Jomon culture. It arose on the island of Kyushu and spread northeastward across Honshu. The Yayoi people mastered bronze and iron casting, wove hemp, and employed a Chinese method of wet-paddy rice cultivation. Yayoi pottery is unglazed; early examples have incised decorations, but pieces produced in the last stage of the period are often undecorated. Chinese-style bronze mirrors and coins indicate contact with Han-dynasty China. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Yayoi period remains are far from rare, especially in Kyushu, but what riveted the attention of the nation to this site was the discovery of the traces of large buildings, a palisade and watchtowers. Keiji Imamura then moves to explain the speedy burgeoning of full-scale agriculture that characterizes the Yayoi period. |
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