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The Review of Japanese Culture and Society is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Japanese art, literature, and society. It publishes English translations of Japanese works and perspectives from both Japanese and international scholars. Each of its annual issues is typically on a special theme, with special editors for the issue.
Examples of stone magatama from the Kofun period are especially numerous. An excavation of the Kamegaoka Kofun, Kishiwada, Osaka, revealed a local who had been buried with a jade, jasper, and alabaster magatama necklace, as well as magatama placed near the feet. A bronze mirror imported from China accompanying the burial was dated to 239 CE.
Main jade producing countries. Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or ornaments.Jade is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminum in the pyroxene group of minerals). [1]
Jade has historically been used in much Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art. [4] Jade has long been very important to Chinese culture, with multiple symbolic meanings. [ 5 ] According to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, it represents "tranquility and harmony of otherworldliness and the longing of the cultivated individual to escape the mundane ...
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Jadeite is the principal mineral making up the most valuable form of jade, a precious stone particularly prized in China. Most gem-quality jadeite jade comes from northern Myanmar. Jade tools and implements have been found at Stone Age sites, showing that the mineral has been prized by humans since before the beginning of written history.
Cultural artefacts made of gold, bronze, jade, stone, ivory and bone were discovered at Locus Mei Yuan. [6]: 255–256 [7] [12] Situated on the southern banks of the Modi River, the locality covers 22 hectares. [6]: 255 Pits that contained Asian elephant tusks, stone weapons and tusks from boars, antlers and deer were found.
The International Journal of Japanese Sociology is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Japan Sociological Society.The journal was established in 1992 and covers sociological topics as they relate to Japan, including policy, community, family, law, and class in urban and rural environments.