Quickly breaking down the main points of Japan's third historical era: the Kofun Period (~250 CE - ~645 CE)! This video is aimed at people who want a simple and broad overview of Japanese history, as well as those who want a quick and easy way to brush up on what they already know. Topics covered include Kofun tombs, the Yamato Kingdom (Yamato Government) and its basic structure, and Japan's interactions with China and Korea during the early centuries of the Common Era.

Check out a more detailed exploration of the Kofun Period here:    • Japanese History: The Kofun Period (J...  

Learn Japanese history in Japanese:    • Japanese History in Japanese!  

Main video music:
Dova Syndrome (https://dova-s.jp/) (Artist: MAKOOTO)
Intro and outro beats by me, with some samples used.

Images from:
Photo AC (https://www.photo-ac.com/)
Wikimedia Commons
- 京浜にけ(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
- Geospacial Information Authority of Japan/Qurren (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Colbase (https://colbase.nich.go.jp/?locale=ja)
e-Museum (https://emuseum.nich.go.jp/)
Osaka Prefectural Education Center
Gunma Prefectural History Museum
National Diet Library Digital Collections (https://dl.ndl.go.jp/)
Google Maps
Some images from books I own