Introduction to the History of Ancient Japan
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- The History of Ancient Japan dates back to the fifteenth century BCE, and spans thousands of years until the beginning of the Medieval period in Japan. The Jōmon period was the first historical period of Japan, and the name Jōmon comes from the name of the pottery that was crafted during this period (which also happens to be the oldest pottery in the world). The traditional religion of Japan was Shinto (which would later be replaced by Buddhism as the dominant religion of the region). In Shinto mythology, the gods Izanami and Izanagi dipped a jewelled spear into the primordial sea and created the Japanese islands.
After the fist period of ancient Japan, the Jōmon period, then comes the Yayoi period which is also named after a type of pottery crafted during this time. Then comes the Kofun period, a time in ancient Japan named not after pottery, but after the monumental burials which were commonly built for the elite on the Korean Peninsula. Next, there is the Asuka period, during which the most significant ruler of Japan, Prince Shotoku ruled as regent until his death in six twenty-two CE. Following the Asuka Period is the Nara period which was a prosperous time for literature with two incredibly famous and important works being produced at this time, the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki which are works on the Shinto gods, their creation myths and royal genealogies.
Finally, there is the Heian period which spanned from seven ninety-four to eleven eighty-five and is named after the capital of this time, Heiankyo, which is known today as Kyoto.
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0:00 Introduction
1:04 The Jōmon Period
3:34 The Yayoi Period
6:11 The Kofun Period
8:44 The Asuka Period
11:02 The Nara Period
14:15 The Heian Period
18:06 Outro
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What interesting facts do you know about early Japanese history?
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This is an excellent overview of Japanese social history and Japanese art history. Thanks 👍
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Awesome job Kelly keep up the good work. I wish you had been my history teacher in college and high school I would have made Straight A's. You need more viewers as your content as much needed.
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Thank you so much for this video. It would be great to see more videos on East Asian history ( china, Japan and Korea) and even southeast Asian history.(Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar etc. Thanks a ton!
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Thank you for the informative video on Japan`s history!
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I was watching this video this whole time with my katana, and tbh this is shocking! I never knew this is how Japan started it's civilization I always wondered when the Japanese civilization began and their Buddhism! And I never knew that Korea and China are Japan's neighbors! This video made me a lil smarter now I swear every time I wanna get smart I'm watching your videos!
You never looked at a map?
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please make a video on Modern Japanese history starting from war of Sekigahara.
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The Fujiwara Clan famously married their daughters into the Imperial Family, allowing them control over Heian court for 200 years
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Early Japanese society seemed to be more matriarchal with strong female rulers such as Queen Himiko and became decreasingly so after growing influence from China.
Very true. Thanks for watching!
Yayoi is tamils Aayi Dynasity Southern india tamilnadu
Soon to be ancient Japanese history: the Japanese yen
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I did study ancient Japanese culture i found different results. Then what everyone else leardned in my 10and half years of research.
Also many tradition of shinto has to do with ancient Israel tradition. If you study both you will understand. Quote arimasa kubo.
I study arimasa kubo work he said that ancient yayoi yamato people are the lost tribe of Israel what tribe the tribe of Ephraim.
Also in Israel they found a statue of king ahab half Japanese and half Jewish.
And more interesting they found in the era of the Hyksos that the statue of that important man was Joseph he was asain correct not middle eastern he was a asain man in eygpt. Now you kniw the truth.
Have a great day. Found the head of king ahab statue and Joseph statue in eygpt in Google images. Have a nice day everyone.
jomon and yayoi descended from the russian far east because it may not be a descended of koreans