모암문고 茅岩文庫 The Moam Collection

Yayoi Period (Yayoi Culture) Storage jar, Yayoi period (ca. 4th century b.c.–3rd century a.d.) Japan Earthenware During the second century B.C., an influx of people from the continent brought the first of several waves of foreign influence that have shaped Japanese culture, initiating a more advanced cultural stage known as Yayoi. When rice cultivation and bronze and iron metallurgy were intr..

Yayoi Culture (ca. 4th century B.C.–3rd century A.D.) Storage jar, Yayoi period (ca. 4th century b.c.–3rd century a.d.) Earthenware, Japan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Beginning about the fourth century B.C., Jomon culture was gradually replaced by the more advanced Yayoi culture, which takes its name from the site in Tokyo where pottery of this period was first discovered in 1884. The ne..