Archaeology and History of Toraijin

Human, Technological, and Cultural Flow from the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese Archipelago c. 800 BC–AD 600

Song-nai Rhee, C. Melvin Aikens, Gina L. Barnes

• Publisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
• Year: 2021
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789699678
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

Archaeology and History of Toraijin: Human, technological, and cultural flow from the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese Archipelago c. 800 BC–AD 600 explores the fundamental role in the history of the Japanese archipelago played by Toraijin – immigrants mainly from the Korean Peninsula – during this formative period. The arrival of immigrant rice-agriculturalists from the peninsula in the early first millennium BC was the first of three major waves of technological transfer between the continent and the islands. The second brought bronze and iron-working to the archipelago around the 4th century BC, and the third brought elite crafts and administrative technology as well as Confucianism and Buddhism in the 5th and 6th centuries AD.

In light of the recently uncovered archaeological data and ancient historical records, this book presents a panoramic bird's eye view of the fourteen centuries-long Toraijin story, from c. 800~600 BC to AD 600 or thereabouts by answering the following seven questions: Where did the Toraijin come from? What was their historical and socio-cultural background? Why did they leave their homeland? Where did they settle in the Archipelago? What did they do in the Archipelago? How did the Archipelago people treat the Toraijin? What contributions did the Toraijin make to the ancient Japanese society?

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents Page
• Stylistic Notes
• Acknowledgements
• List of Figures and Tables
• List of Maps
• Stylistic Notes
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Introduction
• CHAPTER ONE
• RICE-BEARING TORAIJIN
• CHAPTER TWO
• BRONZE-BEARING TORAIJIN OF THE MIDDLE YAYOI (c. 350 BC–AD 50)
• CHAPTER THREE
• IRON AND GLASS-BEARING TORAIJIN OF THE LATE YAYOI/ EARLY KOFUN PERIOD TORAIJIN (c. 50–350 AD)
• IRON AND GLASS-BEARING TORAIJIN OF THE LATE YAYOI/ EARLY KOFUN PERIOD TORAIJIN
• CHAPTER FOUR
• THE MIDDLE-LATE KOFUN PERIOD TORAIJIN: IMAKI NO TEHITO
• (“Recently Arrived Skilled Artisans”) (c. 350–600 AD)
• CHAPTER FIVE
• IMAKI NO TEHITO’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MIDDLE-LATE KOFUN SOCIETY
• COLLABORATION NOT CONQUEST
• CONCLUSIONS
• References
• INDEX
• Back cover