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Yayoi period

historical period of Japan
Intangible archaeological_culture Q207858
Yayoi period
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Summary

Yayoi period is an archaeological culture[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of archaeological culture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,854 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3]
  • Instance of: archaeological period[4]
  • Named after: Yayoi[5]
  • Follows: Jōmon period[6], Final Jōmon[7]
  • Followed by: Kofun period[8], Yamato period[9]
  • Part of: history of Japan[10]
  • Commons category: Yayoi period[11]
  • Start time: 300 BC[12]
  • End time: 250[13]
  • Significant event: Main events of the Yayoi period[14], Civil War of Wa[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Yayoi period[16]
  • Commons gallery: 弥生時代[17]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: historic:period=yayoi[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]

Why It Matters

Yayoi period has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Himiko Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ancient.eu. Retrieved . ancient.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ancient.eu. Retrieved . ancient.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Yayoi period
    Significant event → Main events of the Yayoi period, Civil War of Wa
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