Chapter One: The Birth of Japan


 

This presentation is from our class session on the
The Birth of Japan about the Jomon, Yayoi and Kofun Cultures from Chapter One of our textbook.

Click this link if you want to print out the slides from the presentation. It's a PDF file and formatted with six slides per page. PDF for The Birth of Japan

Vocabulary:

Jomon Period
Yayoi Period
Kofun Period
Three Sacred Tresasures
Dogu
Dotaku
Yamato Dynasty
Keyhole Tombs
Haniwa

For further research:

"Japan: A History of Art" MJS Library 709.52 S643
By Bradley Smith
Gemini Inc. 1964
ISBN: 0-385-03240-4

 

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