Yayoi period

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The Yayoi period was a formative era in Japanese prehistory marked by the introduction of wet-rice agriculture, metal tools, and more complex social structures, preceding the Kofun period.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Yayoi period canonical 13
Yayoi culture 4
Japanese prehistory 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese prehistoric period ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence Itazuke site ⓘ
Toro site ⓘ
Yoshinogari site ⓘ
associatedWith development of regional political centers ⓘ
emergence of early Japanese state formation ⓘ
increased contact with the Chinese mainland ⓘ
increased contact with the Korean Peninsula ⓘ
chronologyNote dates vary among scholars ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culture Yayoi culture ⓘ
linked to: Yayoi period
economicBase supplementary hunting and fishing ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
endTime c. 300 CE ⓘ
followedBy Kofun period ⓘ
followedByCulture Kofun culture ⓘ
linked to: Kofun period
follows Jōmon period ⓘ
hasCharacteristic conflict between communities ⓘ
increased social hierarchy ⓘ
introduction of new pottery styles ⓘ
moated settlements ⓘ
paddy-field rice cultivation ⓘ
raised-floor granaries ⓘ
settled agrarian communities ⓘ
storage facilities for surplus grain ⓘ
use of bronze bells (dōtaku) ⓘ
use of bronze weapons and mirrors ⓘ
use of iron agricultural tools ⓘ
use of loom-woven textiles ⓘ
use of stone and metal tools in combination ⓘ
languageContext early Japonic languages ⓘ
location Japanese archipelago ⓘ
mainRegion northern Kyushu ⓘ
linked to: Kyushu

western Honshu ⓘ
linked to: western Japan
namedAfter Yayoi district ⓘ
Yayoi, Bunkyō, Tokyo ⓘ
linked to: Bunkyo, Tokyo
partOf Japanese prehistory ⓘ
linked to: Yayoi period
precededByCulture Jōmon culture ⓘ
linked to: Jōmon period
significantEvent development of social stratification in Japan ⓘ
emergence of large-scale village communities ⓘ
introduction of bronze technology ⓘ
introduction of iron technology ⓘ
introduction of metal tools to Japan ⓘ
introduction of wet-rice agriculture to Japan ⓘ
startTime c. 300 BCE ⓘ
timeInHistoryOf agriculture in Japan ⓘ
metallurgy in Japan ⓘ
social complexity in Japan ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kofun period → follows → Yayoi period ⓘ
Yayoi period → culture → Yayoi culture ⓘ
linked to: Yayoi period
Yayoi period → partOf → Japanese prehistory ⓘ
linked to: Yayoi period
Yamato area → timePeriodOfProminence → Yayoi period (late phase) ⓘ
linked to: Yayoi period
Dotaku → culture → Yayoi culture ⓘ
subject linked to: dotaku
linked to: Yayoi period
Dotaku → historicalPeriod → Yayoi period ⓘ
subject linked to: dotaku
Harunotsuji archaeological site → culture → Yayoi culture ⓘ
linked to: Yayoi period
Yayoi people → associatedWith → Yayoi period ⓘ
Yayoi people → culture → Yayoi culture ⓘ
linked to: Yayoi period
Yasakani no Magatama → eraOfOrigin → Yayoi period ⓘ
Yoshinogari Historical Park → era → Yayoi period ⓘ
Yayoi district → hasNameOrigin → Yayoi period ⓘ
Yayoi district → associatedWithPeriod → Yayoi period ⓘ
Yamato Plain → associatedWithPeriod → Yayoi period ⓘ
Jōmon period → followedBy → Yayoi period ⓘ
Jōmon period → succeededBy → Yayoi period ⓘ
Toro site → period → Yayoi period ⓘ
Shikanoshima Island → associatedWith → Yayoi period Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yayoi period