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Yayoi period弥生時代alternative words: Yayoijidai, Yayoi-jidai, Yayoi jidai keywords: epoch related topics: Himiko , Jomon period related web sites: http://arc-net.vo.to , http://www.os.rim.or.jp/~s-baba/ , http://www.rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~jaehyun/ozawa/toppage.html explanation: Period spanning between 300 BC and 300 AD. This period is characterized by an arrival of new races from the continent who brought new techniques to process metals and an extensive rice culture. The political center had been shifted from the Eastern Japan to the West, especially to the north Kyushu. Yayoi comes from the name of a district in Tokyo, Yayoi-cho where the first remaining of this period was studied. Himiko may be a Japanese queen at the end of this period. | |