Yayoi period

historical period of Japan

Shinto shrine in Mie Prefecture, Japan

Yamatai or Yamatai-koku is the Sino-Japanese name of an ancient country in Wa (Japan) during the late Yayoi period The Chinese text Records of the Three Kingdoms first recorded the name as () or () (using reconstructed Eastern Han Chinese pronunciations) followed by the character for "country", describing the place as the domain of Priest-Queen (died ). Generations of Japanese historians, linguists, and archeologists have debated where Yamatai was located and whether it was related to the later .

right|thumb| dating from Jōmon period to 8th century thumb|right|Magatama from Kofun period（[[Tokyo National Museum）]]

Shinto shrine in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

thumb|A Yayoi period dōtaku, 3rd century are richly decorated Japanese bells cast in bronze. They were used for about 400 years, between the second century BCE and the second century CE (corresponding to the end of the Yayoi period), and were used almost exclusively as decorations during rituals. They were richly decorated with patterns representing nature and animals, among which the dragonfly, praying mantis and spider are featured. Historians believe that dōtaku were used to pray for good harvests, as the animals featured are natural enemies of insect pests that attack paddy fiel

Fusang is a mythical world tree or place located far east of China.

prehistoric site located in Yoshinogari, Saga, Japan

right|thumb|200px|The King of Na gold seal granted to the king of Nakoku by [[Emperor Guangwu of Han.]] thumb|map illustrating the path from the Daifang Commandery|Daifeng commandery to [[Yamatai, and its distances in the Wajinden.]] right|thumb|200px|The golden block seal at Kin-in Park in Shikanoshima Island was a state which was located in and around modern-day Fukuoka City, on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, from the 1st to early 3rd centuries. Much of what is known about it comes from ancient records of both China and Japan.

2nd-century war in Japan

Ancient pottery in Japan during the Yayoi period

archaeological site in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

thumb|Sankakuen-shinjūkyō from the Tsubai Ōtsukayama kofun in Yamashiro, Kyoto A is an ancient type of Japanese round bronze mirror decorated with images of gods and animals from Chinese mythology. The obverse side has a polished mirror and the reverse has relief representations of legendary Chinese shén ( "spirit; god"), xiān ( "transcendent; immortal"), and legendary creatures.

cave in Japan

thumb|right|Jōmon period#Late and Final Jōmon (2470–500 BC)|Late and Final Jōmon sekibō, here labelled "phallic stones" ([[The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)]] , sometimes translated as "stone rods", are a type of archaeological artefact from Jōmon Japan, with examples known also from the Yayoi period.