The Yayoi period (弥生時代 Yayoi jidai) is a prehistoric period of Japan, usually dated from 300 BCE to ca 300 CE, during which wet-rice agriculture and the use of bronze and iron first appeared in Japan. Yayoi refers to certain characteristic pottery discovered in the Yayoi quarter of Bunkyō Ward in Tōkyō in 1884. It was preceded by the Jōmon Period, distinguished by a hunting and gathering way of life. It was followed by the Kofun Period, distinguished by the construction of large...
Yayoi Period
Yayoi Period