ASIAN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: History Of Japan, Yayoi Period, Jōmon Period
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Asian 101 - lecture 5 - ancient japan. The ethnic origins of japan are a mixed people of korean, mongolian, and malayan. Ancient japan was a loose conjunction of tribes and clans. The primitive societies were a mix of magic, taboo, and religion. There was a need for personal cleaning. The jomon period was linked the asa continent until 12,000 bce. This period was a tribute to china by the 50s ce. This period lasted between 300 bce-300 ce. There were new crafts that emerged such as cultivation of rice, weaving, iron and bronze, and divination. Shinto is the native religion of japan. It has reverent alliance with supramundane realities of japanese life. Shinto derived from the chinese shendao meaning the way of higher spirits or gos. Shinto myth holds that japan was once peopled exclusively with kami. Early japanese regarded the whole of nature as imbued with kami powers.
