Ancient Japan

Japanese prehistorical period

archaeological culture

oldest attested stage of the Japanese language

ancient Japanese tribe and oldest recorded name of Japan

generic name of people who lived in the Japanese archipelago during the Jōmon period

were Japanese hereditary noble titles. Their use traces back to ancient times when they began to be used as titles signifying a family's political and social caste.

ancient Japanese hereditary title

(from Old Japanese: muraⁿzi < *mura-nusi "village master") was an ancient Japanese hereditary title denoting rank and political standing (a kabane) that was reserved for the most powerful among the Tomo no Miyatsuko clans, which were clans associated with particular occupations. The muraji rivaled the rank of omi in political power and standing during much of the Kofun period and were frequently in conflict with them over political issues such as whether Buddhism should be accepted and issues of imperial succession. By tradition, the muraji clans claimed descent from mythological gods (神別氏族, s

island in Japanese mythology

officials in ancient Japan during the Yamato period

thumb|Mononobe no Arakabi, a government minister and gōzoku of the Yamato period , in Japanese, refers to powerful regional families. In historical context, it can refer to powerful non-royal families regardless of their area of influence, in contrast to the Imperial Family. The most powerful gōzoku families of the Yamato period included the Soga clan, Mononobe clan and Katsuragi clan.

was the name of an ancient title of nobility in the kabane system of Yamato period Japan from the 4th through 6th century AD, before the introduction of the Ritsuryō system. The word is a combination of the kanji for with , a political unit smaller than a province, and the agatanushi ranked below the title of . It is thought that the agatanushi were originally chieftains of small Kofun period tribal states which had been annexed by the Yamato state.

ancient ethnic group

Japanese history from c. 340 BC to 700 AD

Sukune (宿禰) is one of the hereditary noble titles of ancient Japan. In the 3rd to 5th centuries, it was used as a title to represent military and administrative officers of the Yamato court.

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theory of Japanese history