Kofun culture

Japanese: 古墳文化 - こふんぶんか
Kofun culture
The Kofun period continues from the Yayoi period. Farming, which began in the Yayoi period, spread relatively quickly to most parts of Japan, but it took some time before people began using iron-tipped farm tools such as hoes and sickles. Eventually, the spread of iron tools led to the expansion of cultivated land, and production gradually increased. The Kofun period was a time when this rise in economic power finally led to the emergence of a form of governance as a nation in this land. It was also a time when, as national unification progressed, the gap in living conditions between the chieftains who were incorporated into the governing structure and ordinary peasants began to widen greatly.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
古墳時代は弥生時代に継続する時代である。弥生時代に始まった農耕生活は,比較的はやく,日本の大部分の地域にひろがっていったが,さらに鍬,鎌などの農具に鉄の刃先を使用するようになるまでには,若干の年月が経過した。やがて鉄器の普及などによって耕地の拡張がさかんになり,生産量はしだいに増大していった。古墳時代は,こうした経済力の上昇が,ついにこの国土に国家としての統治形態の出現を導くにいたった時代である。また,国家的統一の進行にともなって,その統治機構のなかに組みこまれていった首長層と,一般の農民とのあいだにみる生活状態の差違が,大きくひらいてきた時代である。

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