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The Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun jidai) is an era in the history of Japan from about 300 to 538 AD (the date of the introduction of Buddhism), following the Yayoi period. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes collectively called the Yamato period .
Some linguists suggest that the Japonic languages may have been already present within the Japanese archipelago and coastal Korea, before the Yayoi period, and can be linked to one of the Jōmon populations of southwestern Japan, rather than the later Yayoi or Kofun period rice-agriculturalists.
Over 70% of their genetic makeup can be attributed to the Kofun component, with 15%-20% being attributed to Yayoi and the rest to the Jōmon component. [4] The Nikkei published an article that showed the Kofun strand in modern-day Japanese was concentrated in specific regions such as Kinki, Hokuriku and Shikoku. [55]
The genetic analysis of a Yayoi individual confirmed that the Yayoi people had Korean-related ancestry. [23] The study also used admixture modeling to support a two-way admixture model, concluding that the majority of immigrants to the Japanese Archipelago during the Yayoi and Kofun periods came from the Korean Peninsula. [24]
The Yayoi period (弥生 時代, Yayoi jidai) started in the late Neolithic period in Japan, continued through the Bronze Age, and towards its end crossed into the Iron Age. [ 1 ] Since the 1980s, scholars have argued that a period previously classified as a transition from the Jōmon period should be reclassified as Early Yayoi. [ 2 ]
Ōzuka kofun: Keisen: Kofun period tumulus (decorated kofun) [4] ... Jomon to Yayoi period settlement traces Itazuke Site 1: 2675: Hie Site 比恵遺跡 Hie iseki ...
Jomon to Kofun period cave dwelling ... Yayoi to Kofun period tumuli cluster Arashima kofun-gun 1: 2190: Kunidominakamura Kofun ...
The large-scale Yayoi period remains at the Yoshinogari site, Yoshinogari and Kanzaki in Saga Prefecture revealed examples of lead glass magatama typical of the Yayoi period. [15] In 2003, the excavation of a large Yayoi period settlement in Tawaramoto, Nara also revealed two large jade magatama , one 4.64 centimetres (1.83 in), the second 3.63 ...