The third episode in a comprehensive pre-modern history of Japan based on Japanese-language educational materials. Today I talk about the Kofun Period, an era when many of the foundations of Japan as we know it were laid.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:43 Opening comments
2:05 The Kofun Period
4:51 The Yamato Government's System of Rule
10:00 Kofun Period Lifestyle and Culture (Tombs Included)
15:05 Japan and the Asian Mainland
20:54 The Advent of Buddhism
24:01 Outro

Information sources:
学研ニューコース中学歴史 (Gakken Plus) (https://hon.gakken.jp/book/1130443100​​)
テーマ別だから理解が深まる日本史 (Asahi Shinbun Publications Inc)
(https://publications.asahi.com/ecs/de...)

Supplemental information:
Try It (Japanese History): https://www.try-it.jp/chapters-12394/...
Sekai no Rekishi Mappu: https://sekainorekisi.com/glossary/氏姓制度/
Dokuritsu Kokka Shinju Teikoku (personal website): http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~jrjr/nihonsi-1...

Sites discussed:
Daisen kofun: https://osaka-info.jp/en/page/tomb-em...
Goshikizuka kofun: https://www.travelhyogo.org.e.aas.hp....
Ozuka kofun: https://www.crossroadfukuoka.jp/en/ev...

Thanks to:
Fukuoka City: https://bunkazai.city.fukuoka.lg.jp
Joyo City: https://www.city.joyo.kyoto.jp/
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore: https://www.kiifudoki.wakayama-c.ed.j...
Yonago City Center for Archaeological Operations: http://yonagobunka.net/maibun/
Adachi City, Ikou Iseki Kouen: https://www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp/bunk...
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology: https://www.hyogo-koukohaku.jp/
Kobe Archaeology Center: https://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/culture/c...
Kakogawa City: https://www.city.kakogawa.lg.jp/
Miyazaki City: https://www.city.miyazaki.miyazaki.jp...
This blog: https://isuzugawa.ti-da.net/

Commons photos:
Emperor Naruhito (日本国政府内閣府皇位継承式典事務局): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
East Asia map (Ksiom): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Yamato Map (Forestfarmer): https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosiero...
Daisen kofun from above (国土画像情報): https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ファイル:Ni...
Daisen kofun from plane: Inushitaさん (photo-ac)
Goshikizuka side view: 夢彦７７さん (photo-ac)
Haniwa diagram (Saigen Jiro): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Iron armor (Daderot): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Map of Baekje (Evan): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Gwanggaeto Stele 2 (Prcshaw): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
China maps (Ian Kiu): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
Sueki (Saigen Jiro): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Senjimon (Yunseng): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Inariyama Sword (Saigen Jiro): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Thumbnail photo of Haniwa (Kakidai): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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