ABSTRACT

The development of full-scale agriculture and of societies based around it began in the Yayoi period. Yayoi is the name of the town in Tokyo where a type of pottery characteristic of this period was discovered for the first time. This period lasted about 700 years from the fifth century BC to the third century AD. Although a relatively short period, it was a turning point in Japanese history as society underwent a revolutionary transformation with the basis of Japanese culture being laid down.