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	Japan Reference - Culture - Japanese History : Kofun Period　古墳時代
		By the late Kofun period, the distinctive burial chambers, originally used by the ruling elite, also were built for commoners.
		Kofun are also classified according to whether the entrance to the stone burial chamber is vertical (tate-ana) or horizontal (yoko-ana).
		The Kofun period is seen as ending by A.D. 538, when the use of elaborate kofun by the Yamato and other elite fell out of use because of prevailing new Buddhist beliefs, which put greater emphasis on the transience of human life.
	www.jref.com /culture/kofun_period_era.shtml (775 words)

	Kofun period - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes referred to collectively as the Yamato period.
		Much of the material culture of the Kofun period is barely distinguishable from that of the contemporaneous southern Korean peninsula, demonstrating that at this time Japan was in close political and economic contact with continental Asia (especially with the southern dynasties of China) through Korea.
		The Kofun period of Japanese culture is also sometimes called the Yamato period by some Western scholars, since this local chieftainship arose to become the Imperial dynasty at the end of the Kofun period.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kofun_period (2248 words)

	kofun - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Kofun are also classified according to whether the entrance to the stone burial chamber is vertical (tate-ana) or horizontal (yoko-ana).
		Much of the material culture of the Kofun period is barely distinguishable from those of the contemperaneous Southern Korean Peninsula, demonstrating that at this time Japan was in close political and economic contact with continental Asia through Korea.
		The Kofun period is seen as ending by A.D. 538, when the use of elaborate kofun by the Yamato and other elite fell out of use because of prevailing new Buddhist beliefs, which put greater emphasis on the transience of human life.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/kofun (726 words)

	Yamato period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yamato court's supremacy was challenged throughout the Kofun period at least by another polity centred in the later Bizen and Bitchū provinces in what is now known as Okayama prefecture, and it was only into the 6th century that the Yamato clans could be said to have any major advantage over their neighbouring clans.
		This period is further divided, by the introduction of Buddhism, into Kofun and Asuka periods, a division that roughly corresponds also with the change of Yamato as one local chiefdom into the most important Japanese polity which directly dominated most Central Japan.
		The Asuka period is known for its significant artistic, social, and political transformations, which had their origins in the late Kofun period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yamato_period (1775 words)

	History of Japan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Heian period is considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art and especially in poetry and literature.
		The most traumatic event of the period was the Mongol invasions of Japan between 1272 and 1281, in which massive Mongol forces with superior naval technology and weaponry attempted a full-scale invasion of the Japanese islands.
		The Kamakura period ended in 1333 with the destruction of the shogunate and the short reestablishment of imperial rule under the Emperor Go-Daigo by Ashikaga Takauji, Nitta Yoshisada, and Kusunoki Masashige.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Japan (6085 words)

	Kofun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The oldest Japanese Kofun is said to be Hokenoyama Kofun located in Sakurai, Nara, which dates to later 3rd century.
		The trend of keyhole kofun first spread from Yamato to Kawachi (where gigantic kofuns as Daisen Kofun of Emperor Nintoku are built), and then throughout the country (except for Tohoku) in 5th century.
		Keyhole kofun disappeared later in 6th century, probably because of the drastic reformation taken place in Yamato court, where Nihon Shoki records the introduction of Buddhism at this age.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kofun (450 words)

	Kofun Culture
		But in another sense, the Kofun Period is the beginning of Japanese history -- for there are many records compiled just after the period closed, and these records are based on older, contemporary documents that were destroyed or on oral histories still circulating at that time.
		Similar round and square mounds with moats continued all through the Kofun Period, although the Kofun burial was placed in the top of the mound instead of under it, as in the Yayoi Period.
		The date for the end of the Kofun Period is placed variously at 552 (the official date for the introduction of Buddhism) or 710 (the date of the move to the Heijo-kyo capital).
	www.t-net.ne.jp /~keally/kofun.html (5144 words)

	Edo period - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa Shogunate which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
		The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the restoration of imperial rule by the 15th and last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
		The cause for the end of this period is controversial but is recounted as the forcing of Japan's opening to the world by Cmdre Matthew Perry of the US Navy, whose armada (known by Japanese as "the fl ships") fired weapons from Tokyo Bay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edo_period (4981 words)

	Kofun (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kofun is an era in Japan from around A.D. to A.D. The Kofun period (ca.
		Much of the material culture of the Kofun period is barely indistinguishable from those of the contemperaneous Southern Korean Peninsula, demonstrating that at this time Japan was in close political and economic contact with continental Asia through Korea.
		The Kofun Period of Japanese culture is also sometimes called the Yamato Period by some Western Scholars, since this local Chieftain ship eventually rose up to become the Imperial Dynasty at the end of the Kofun Period.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/k/ko/kofun.html (713 words)

	History of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kofun period saw the establishment of strong military states centered around powerful clans, and the establishment of a dominant polity centered in the Yamato area, from the 3rd century to the 7th century, the Yamato Court, origin of the Japanese imperial lineage.
		A traumatic event of the period was the Mongol invasions of Japan between 1272 and 1281, in which massive Mongol forces with superior naval technology and weaponry attempted a full-scale invasion of the Japanese islands.
		The later years of 1467 to the end of the Muromachi period is also known as the Sengoku period, the "Warring States period", a time of intense internal warfare, and corresponds with the period of the first contacts with the West, with the arrival of Portuguese "Nanban" traders.
	tramadol.tfres.net /wiki/History_of_Japan (6994 words)

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		Kofun is the symbol of "Kofun Period", providing important information to solve secrets in the ancient world.
		Kofun changed their shape from the early Kofun period to the late period.
		For dating of Kofun, we consider dimensions of seven parts of the tomb (length of tomb, width of front, radius of back, width of the neck,height of front, height of the neck and height of back).
	www.ozlab.osakac.ac.jp /KOFUN_E (1179 words)

	JAPANESE PREHISTORY
		It was during this period that the Imperial house worked to distinguish itself from the other powerful families, in large part through the introduction of Chinese-style political, cultural and religious institutions.
		The burial mounds of the Kofun period have been linked to earlier Japanese evidence of hillside or mountain burials, as well as to similar practices on the Korean mainland.
		Elaborate bronze mirrors, derived from continental styles that began to be imported in the Yayoi period, were also frequently interred with the dead (the balls around the rim of the mirror at left functioned as rattles).
	faculty.sxu.edu /~bathgate/gallery/Japan/japan.html (754 words)

	Tattoos.Com Ezine
		In this period, hilly tombs in many places were made, and the clay figures in the shape of dolls, horses and huts were also found in the tombs.
		In the early Kofun period, the tattoo persisted as a socially
		Bunka Bunsei period (1804-1830), the number of tattooed individuals was rapidly growing, and professional tattooists began to appear.
	www.tattoos.com /mieko.htm (5731 words)

	Exploring Japan History
		While there are many different periods for the development and growth of Japan, you will find there to be five primary ones that include Kamakura, Muromachi, Momoyama, the Christian Century, and Tokugawa.
		During the Kamakura Period from 1185 to 1333, the Mongol army repeatedly invaded Japan.
		The Muromachi Period from 1333 to 1576 involved a revolt by Ashikaga although is effectiveness began to fade, causing Japan to go into a civil war.
	www.asianartmall.com /ExploringJapan.html (615 words)

	CHIKATSU ASUKA INDEX English ver.
		Here,you'll be able to explore some of the wonders of Japan's mysterious past -the age of kofun, or Japan's ancient burial mounds.
		As you tour the museum, please keep in mind that the main themes here are "The Formation of an Ancient Japanese Empire" and "International Influence on Ancient Japan".
		From the Kofun period to the Nara period
	www.mediajoy.com /chikatsu/index_e.html (169 words)

	Early Japanese Visual Art
		The Kofun people are representing the world around them to some degree, and their representations allow us to glimpse not only how they lived, but how they thought of how they lived.
		As haniwa crafstpeople improved their skills through the Kofun period, the human figurines begin to be recognizable on the basis of their economic function: soldiers, hunters, singers, dancers, and so on.
		The tumuli and the haniwa of the Kofun period are notable exceptions, but on the whole the visual arts were derivative of continental models.
	www.wsu.edu:8001 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/ART.HTM (2201 words)

	Kofun - Ancient Burial Mounds in Japan
		Preceding the construction of the above kofuns, several large keyhole-shaped mounds, accompanied by many additional smaller ones, were built in the southeastern part of the Nara Basin.
		This region is considered the cradle of the early Yamato Kingdom, the predecessor of the Japanese court.
		The system of rice paddy cultivation, introduced in Japan in the Yayoi period (5th century BC ~ 3rd century AD), grew remarkably advanced and larger in scale in the Kofun period.
	www.hgeo.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp /soramitsu/kofun.html (550 words)

	Japanese history: Jomon, Yayoi, Kofun
		During the Jomon Period (13000 BC to 300 BC), the inhabitants of the Japanese islands were gatherers, fishers and hunters.
		By the beginning of the Kofun Period (300 - 538), a center of power had developed in the fertile Kinai plain, and by about 400 AD the country was united as Yamato Japan with its political center in and around the province of Yamato (about today's Nara prefecture).
		The period's name comes from the large tombs (kofun) that were built for the political leaders of that era.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2131.html (451 words)

	Nara period - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Most of Japanese society during this period was agricultural in nature, centered around villages.
		In the late Nara period, financial burdens on the state increased, and the court began dismissing nonessential officials.
		Decentralization of authority became the rule despite the reforms of the Nara period.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Nara_Period (1276 words)

	Kofun - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Its cavalry wore armour, carried swords and other weapons, and used advanced military methods like those of north-east Asia.
		Much of the material culture of the Kofun period is barely distinguishable from that of the contemporaneous southern Korean peninsula, demonstrating that at this time Japan was in close political and economic contact with continental Asia through Korea.
		You can find it there under the keyword Kofun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofun)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kofunandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Kofun (870 words)

	Informat.io on Asuka Period (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ruling classes of Yamato and Baekje were on amicable terms, and Yamato deployed its navy to aid Baekje in 660-663, against an invasion by Silla and the Tang of China.
		Japan of the Kofun Period had been very positive towards the introduction of Korean culture and immigration of population.
		However, the Asuka period shows a marked change in the attitude: Japan started to be a national state with its own population and culture.
	www.informat.io /?title=asuka-period (3417 words)

	Kofun - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		Much of the material_culture of the Kofun period is barely indistinguishable from those of the contemperaneous Southern Korean Peninsula, demonstrating that at this time Japan was in close political and economic contact with continental Asia through Korea.
		Japanese archaeologists find this a little predeterministic and emphasise the fact that in the early half of the Kofun Period other regional Chieftainships, such as Kibi near modern day Okayama were in close contention for the crown More exchange occurred between Japan and the continent of Asia late in the Kofun period.
		The Kofun period was followed by the Asuka_period.
	www.erdmond.com /Kofun.html (680 words)

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		Much of the material culture material culture of the Kofun period is barely indistinguishable from those of the contemperaneous Southern Korean Peninsula, demonstrating that at this time Japan was in close political and economic contact with continental Asia through Korea.
		The Kofun Kofun Period of Japanese culture is also sometimes called the Yamato Period by some Western Scholars, since this local Chieftain ship eventually rose up to become the Imperial Dynasty at the end of the Kofun Kofun Period.
		Japanese archaeologists find this a little predeterministic and emphasise the fact that in the early half of the Kofun Kofun Period other regional Chieftainships, such as Kibi Kibi near modern day Okayama Okayama were in close contention for the crown More exchange occurred between Japan and the continent of Asia late in the Kofun period.
	www.biodatabase.de /Kofun (778 words)

	Yayoi period Summary
		Following the Jomon period (10,000 BC to 300 BC), Yayoi culture flourished from southern Kyushu to northern Honshu.
		A theory publicized in the early Meiji period argued that the Yayoi culture was brought to Japan by migrants from Korea.
		The next archeological period in Japan is called the Kofun period, which is the first part of the Yamato period.
	www.bookrags.com /Yayoi_period (2889 words)

	peo_per1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Yamoto period is the period where the Japanese Imperial court ruled.
		In 1852, Nobunaga was assassinated in a coup by Akechi Mitsuhide at a Temple in Kyoto.
		That period marks the governance of the Edo or the Tokugawa which was established in 1603.
	www.nisd.net /ward/Staff/gt_page/jap_wbpgs_03_04/jp_periods_1/peo_per1.html (240 words)

	Japan - KOFUN AND ASUKA PERIODS, CA. A.D. 250-710 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kofun period is seen as ending by around A.D. when the use of elaborate kofun by the Yamato and other elite fell out of use because of prevailing new Buddhist beliefs, which put greater emphasis on the transience of human life.
		The Yamato state evolved still further during the Asuka period, which is named after the Asuka region, south of modern Nara, the site of numerous temporary imperial capitals established during the period.
		The Soga had intermarried with the imperial family, and by A.D. 587 Soga Umako, the Soga chieftain, was powerful enough to install his nephew as emperor and later to assassinate him and replace him with the Empress Suiko (r.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-7057.html (1509 words)

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