🏯 ANCIENT JAPAN
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ISLAND BEGINNINGS
PEOPLE OF FOREST, SEA, AND CLAY
People have lived in the Japanese islands for tens of thousands of years. In the Jomon period, communities made some of the world's earliest pottery, often with cord-marked patterns and dramatic flame-like rims. They hunted, fished, and gathered in rich forests and coasts. Ancient Japan was not empty waiting for history. It already had skilled makers and deep local cultures.
⚡ DID YOU KNOW?
Jomon means cord-marked, named for the rope patterns pressed into wet clay.
CLAY!
JOMON
🏺 Among Earth's oldest pottery
🌊 Coastal and forest living
🌊 Coastal and forest living
SKILL
🔥 Fired clay vessels
🎨 Dramatic flame designs
🎨 Dramatic flame designs