Surf these sites: Asuka Historical Museum -- History and art of Asuka, the first Japanese capital (7th century). Site includes a virtual museum containing both text and photos. Birth of a Nation -- From the Kofun period to the end of the Heian Daisen Burial Mound -- One of the largest mausoleums in the world, believed to be the tomb of a fifth-century emperor. Located in the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture. Early Japanese Visual Art -- A short survey of visual arts in early Japan from the Jomon to the Heian periods. Includes discussion of ceramics, painting, architecture, and printed books. Illustrated. Heian Japan -- The great flowering of classical culture. Japanese Chronology -- Outline of political, Japanese cultural and natural events, in a world context. Japanese Development -- Overview from prehistoric times to the Meiji restoration. Jimmu Tenno -- From the Nihongi, Book III. A selection of events from the life of the legendary founder of Japan, Emperor Jimmu. Jo-Bo System of Heijo-Kyo -- Brief discussion of ancient city planning, using Nara as the example. Illustrations of the original grid system and its remains. Jomon and Yayoi -- The Jomon, a Mesolithic people, nevertheless made pottery, and decorated pottery, at that. They were the earliest pottery makers in the world. The Yayoi period ushered in agriculture as the principal mode of life. Kaido: The Ancient Roads of Japan -- A kids'' info site from the Nagano Olympics, has basic info on the establishment and use of roads from c. 700. Kofun - The Keyhole Tomb Mounds -- Burial mounds of local leaders from the fourth to seventh centuries. Dating criteria. Some diagrams. Kofun: Ancient Burial Mounds -- Short discussion of 4th century keyhole shaped mounds located in the north part of the Nara Basin Koriyama History -- Short discussion on the history of a Tohoku city from its stone-age beginnings through the end of the Edo period. Nara Japan -- The fundamental break between the aristocracy and the common people. Old Customs of Today -- Reflections of ancient cultures seen in the Japan of today; some described with tongue in cheek. Plurality in Japanese Society -- Article discussing the geographical and historical backgrounds of the various elements in Japanese society. Emphasizes the Ainu of Hokkaido and the Ryukyuans of Okinawa, but touches on other non-mainstream peoples, and differences among the Japanese as well. The Japanese View of the Hereafter -- Theory basing present attitudes on those of the Jomon period, as evidenced in contemporary Ainu and Ryukyu cultures. The Yamato State -- The beginnings of the imperial system. Time Line of Japan -- Chronological outline of the History of Japan. US Bases & Okinawa''s Future. -- Article on the ethnocentricity of the Tokyo government and the blind eye therefore cast upon traditional prejudices. Argument in favor of open acknowledgement and discussion in order to reach decisions necessary for genuine problem solving in the 21st century. Women and Women''s Communities in Ancient Japan -- An essay on the historical role of women in ancient Japan, including an extended discussion of the life and thought of Heian women based on their diaries and other literary works. Yayoi Period -- Agriculture ecomes the main way of life, metalwork begins, and pottery styles expand.
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