Nara Period - Man'y Sh, Kana, Military History of Japan, Buddhism in Japan, T Dai-Ji, Man'y Gana, Nihon Shoki, J Dai Tokushu Kanazukai, Kofun (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Man'y sh, Kana, Military history of Japan, Buddhism in Japan, T dai-ji, Man'y gana, Nihon Shoki, J dai Tokushu Kanazukai, Kofun, Heij Palace, Kasuga-taisha, Heij -ky, Enryaku-ji, Haji ware, Ch son-ji, Kaky Hy shiki, Takahashi Ujibumi, Rikkokushi, Sue ware, Hokke-ji, Nagaoka-ky, Ruij Kokushi, Nihon K ki, Kaif s, Naniwa-ky, Kuni-ky . Excerpt: The military history of Japan is characterised by a long period of feudal wars, followed by domestic stability, and then rampant imperialism. It culminates with Japan's defeat by the Allies in World War II. Since then, Japan's constitution has prohibited the use of military force to wage war against other nations. Unless one counts the Allied Occupation following World War II, the Japanese main islands have never been successfully invaded in recorded history. Recent archaeological research has uncovered traces of wars as far back as the J mon period (ca. 10,000-300 BC) between the various tribes existing on the Japanese Archipelago. Some theorists believe that shortly after the Yayoi period (ca. 300 BC - 250 AD) horse riders from the Korean Peninsula invaded southern Ky sh, then spread to all the way to northern Honsh . This is when horse-riding and iron tools were first introduced to the islands. Near the end of the J mon period (ca. 300 BC), villages and towns became surrounded by moats and wooden fences due to increasing violence within or between communities. Some remains were found with head and arrow injuries. Battles were fought with weapons like the sword, sling, spear, and bow and arrow. Bronze goods and bronze-making techniques from the Asian mainland reached what is now Japan as early as the 3rd century BC. It is believed that horses were introduced to Japan near the end of this time (and well into the early Yamato era), as were bronze and later iron implement...