Ancient 'Flat Clay Man' Tablet With Holes Intrigues Researchers, Believe It Depicts a Woman and Was Used During Rituals ...

Simon Kaner, of the University of East Anglia, is a specialist in ancient Japanese culture: 'In Europe we've always assumed that people who've made pottery were farmers, and that it was only ...

Daisen-Oki: The Mountain God’s Realm There was great reverence for the Mountain God in ancient Japanese culture, and the park’s most memorable site, Mount Daisen, was the centre of mountain ...

Over 800 years ago, Kamakura flourished as Japan’s shogunal capital, with the samurai class and others nurturing a new culture of fortitude ... conduct a host of ancient religious rituals ...

Japan’s ancient art of celebrating broken pottery ... more about the restorative power of repair in this article from BBC Culture. Follow BBC Reel on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and ...

What it tells us about the past: This small, clay tablet was likely a tool used to perform rituals at two prehistoric stone rings in northern Japan over three millennia ago. The holes were used ...

14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.) people who occupied Japan’s main islands and are known for their distinctive pottery culture ... to help fill in the gap between ancient humans and later inhabitants ...