According to historians, the first inhabitants of Japan came from China during the Paleolithic, and were gradually spreading across the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Okinawa.
Jomon Period
The Jomon period is the period covering the last millennia of prehistory. It extends from the year 10000 BC to the third century BC The name of this period comes from the drawings of strings that are found in clay pots that occurred during this period.
The first inhabitants of Japan
The population of this period was characterized by the form of semi-sedentary life, which led to the emergence of stable settlements, consisting of houses made of wood. The first inhabitants of Japan subsisted by hunting, fishing, collecting fruits or grains and through grain primitive agriculture. One of the particularities of this culture were the Jomon pots, which are named for the drawings of rope on its surface.
This period was also characterized by the emergence of the first craft activities, mainly the pottery, which gave rise to the Jomon pots, which were those which gave name to this period, but characterized by line drawings of the surface.
the end of the Jomon period, there was a population increase in Japan, influenced by the weather improves after the last glaciation.
Japan Foundation
According to the legends collected in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, Japan was founded by Emperor Jinmu in the seventh century BC
According to Japanese tradition Jinmu is a direct descendant of Amaterasu, the sun goddess in the Shinto religion, which is why it is considered that the Japanese imperial family to complete descended from this god. However, the existence of the Emperor Jinmu is not accepted as real by all historians, for there is no historical record to support its existence. For this reason, Jinmu and all the emperors who reigned during this period are considered mythological.
Listing reigns of the Jomon period
reigned during the Jomon period in Japan a total of 6 legendary emperors. The list of emperors of the Jomon period, with their periods of reign (reign periods are approximate, since they are taken from the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki) are:
1. Jinmu Emperor (660 BC-585 BC).
2. Suizei Emperor (581 BC-549 BC).
3. Annei Emperor (549 BC-511 BC).
4. Itoku Emperor (510 BC-477 BC).
5. Emperor Kosho (475 BC-393 BC).
6. Koan Emperor (392 BC-291 BC).
End of Jomon period
During the third century BC was introduced in Japan and the techniques of irrigated rice cultivation, from China and Korea, and quickly spread to the islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu.
On the island of Hokkaido followed the Jomon Jomon period Zokujomon or continued, since it could be used irrigation techniques in this area by the climate as cold he had.
Okinawa Island also was influenced by the way of life on other islands during the Yayoi period, but really did not matter irrigation system was introduced in other areas of old Japan. In Okinawa the basis of the economy based on fishing, why this island in the Jomon period was followed by Kaizuka period, lasting until the twelfth century AD
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