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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 ...
Reconstructed model of a late 4th century zenpō-kōen-fun (Kaichi Kofun), Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture The kofun tumuli have assumed various shapes throughout history. The most common type of kofun is known as a zenpō-kōen-fun (前方後円墳), which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above.
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 ...
Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters Osaka: 2019 1593bis; iii, iv (cultural) This site comprises 49 burial mounds, called kofun. There are over 160,000 such tombs in Japan and the selected ones are the most representative. They date to the Kofun period from the 3rd to the 6th centuries. These mounds have geometric shapes, such as ...
Keyhole-shaped kofun drawn in 3DCG (Nakatsuyama Kofun [] in Fujiidera, Osaka, 5th century) Kofun-period jewelry (British Museum). Kofun (from Middle Chinese kú 古 "ancient" + bjun 墳 "burial mound") [7] [8] are burial mounds built for members of the ruling class from the 3rd to the 7th centuries in Japan, [9] and the Kofun period takes its name from the distinctive earthen mounds.
Buddhism arrived in Japan in the mid–6th century Asuka period, and was officially adopted in the wake of the Battle of Shigisan in 587, after which Buddhist temples began to be constructed. [34] The new religion and customs fundamentally transformed Japanese society and the arts. [ 35 ]
Japan maintains one of the world's largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch (2014). [3] In 2005, Japan ranked sixth in the world in the tonnage of fish caught . [ 7 ] Japan captured 4,074,580 metric tons of fish in 2005, down from 4,987,703 tons in 2000 and 9,864,422 tons in 1980. [ 94 ]
6th century - early Heian period Sakyō-ku, Kyoto , 35°02′20″N 135°46′21″E / 35.03889°N 135.77250°E / 35.03889; 135.77250 ( Shimogamo The second of the two Kamo-jinja, the traditionally linked Kamo shrines of Kyoto, which serve the function of protecting Kyoto from malign influences.