Kofun period

History of Japan
Periods Paleolithic before 14,000 BC Jōmon 14,000 – 300 BC Yayoi 300 BC – 300 AD Kofun 300–538 Asuka 538–710 Nara 710–794 Heian 794–1185 Kamakura 1185–1333 Kenmu Restoration 1333–1336 Muromachi (Ashikaga) Nanboku-chō Sengoku 1336–1573 Azuchi–Momoyama Nanban trade 1573–1603 Edo (Tokugawa) Sakoku Convention of Kanagawa Bakumatsu 1603–1868 Meiji Boshin War Restoration First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War 1868–1912 Taishō World War I 1912–1926 Shōwa Financial crisis Militarism World War II Occupation Economic miracle Post-occupation Bubble economy 1926–1989 Heisei Lost Decade Great Hanshin earthquake Great East Japan earthquake Imperial transition 1989–2019 (planned) Reiwa 2019 (planned)
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The Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun jidai) is a time in the history of Japan from around 250 to about 538.^[1] This grouping of years is named after the type of Imperial burial mounds called kofun which were raised in central Japan.

The Kofun period and the Asuka period are sometimes considered together as the Yamato period.

The word kofun is Japanese for the type of burial mounds dating from this era.^[2]

• 416: The earliest recorded earthquake in Japan destroyed the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.^[3]
• 593: Prince Shotoku is regent
• 607: First ambassadors from Japan are sent to China

Media related to Kofun period at Wikimedia Commons

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kofun period
• British Museum, Kofun period Archived 2011-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Japan-guide.com, Early Japan

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