Ancient 'Flat Clay Man' Tablet With Holes Intrigues Researchers, Believe It Depicts a Woman and Was Used During Rituals Researchers have found a clay tablet named Doban-kun near the Ōyu Stone Circles.

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 ...

Studies of ancient Jomon sites in separate areas of Japan show that lifestyles of the ... The Jomon Pottery Culture Period flourished from around 14500 B.C. to 1000 B.C. and boasted distinctive ...

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 ...

In Wajima, the heart of Japan's lacquerware tradition, Paul Carter meets a community determined to preserve their craft. From the intricate layering glossy lacquer to precision decoration ...

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 ...