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Agatanushi (県主) 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 nushi ( 主 , chief ) with Agata ( 県 ) , a political unit smaller than a province, and the agatanushi ...
Fudoki (風土記) are ancient reports on provincial culture, geography, and oral tradition presented to the reigning monarchs of Japan, also known as local gazetteers.They contain agricultural, geographical, and historical records as well as mythology and folklore. [1]
Around 23 million years ago, western Japan was a coastal region of the Eurasia continent. The subducting plates, being deeper than the Eurasian plate, pulled parts of Japan which become modern Chūgoku region and Kyushu eastward, opening the Sea of Japan (simultaneously with the Sea of Okhotsk) around 15–20 million years ago, with likely freshwater lake state before the sea has rushed in. [4 ...
Pages in category "Historical geography of Japan" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Japanese archipelago (Japanese: 日本列島, Nihon Rettō) is an archipelago of 14,125 islands that form the country of Japan. [1] It extends over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) [2] from the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast to the East China and Philippine seas in the southwest along the Pacific coast of the Eurasian continent, and consists of three island arcs from north to south: the Northeastern ...
Japan has a total fertility rate of 1.4, which is below the replacement rate of 2.1, and is among the world's lowest; [236] it has a median age of 48.4, the highest in the world. [237] As of 2020 [update] , over 28.7 percent of the population is over 65, or more than one in four out of the Japanese population. [ 234 ]
The Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun-jidai) is an era in the history of Japan from around 250 to 538. The word kofun is Japanese for the type of burial mounds dating from this era. During the Kofun period , elements of Chinese culture continued to influence culture in the Japanese archipelago , both through waves of migration and through trade ...
Forests of Japan (15 P) G. Geology of Japan (16 C, 21 P) H. ... Pages in category "Geography of Japan" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.