ERA 02 / 15
ca. 900 BCE–ca. 250 CE
Wet-rice cultivation reshaped communities during the Yayoi period. Pottery and metalwork reflect changing everyday life and ritual practices.
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Creator not recorded by the museum · Late Yayoi period, 1st–3rd century CE
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Original source title: Yayoi Pottery Jar. Web image proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop, recoloring or AI processing. English translation of preserved Japanese title/date; not a museum-provided English title