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Sources:
"A Concise History of Japan" (2015) by Brett L. Walker. Cambridge University Press, UK

"A Brief History of Japan" (2017) by Jonathan Clements. Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo.

Audio Requiring Attribution:
Torsodog: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Koto_performance.ogg ; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drums_and_flute_at_Sanja_Matsuri.ogg

Pictures Requiring Attribution:
Sailko: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giappone,_pietra_con_impugnatura_e_lama,_3000-2500_ac_ca._(tokiaki_yoshizawa_coll.).jpg ; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giappone,_stumento_in_pietra_usata_come_punta_di_lancia_per_la_caccia,_3000-2500_ac_ca_(tokiaki_yoshizawa_coll.).jpg ; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dinastia_sui,_coppia_di_figure_guardiane,_581-618_dc_ca.jpg ; commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giappone,_periodo_muromachi,_guardiano,_xv_secolo.jpg
江戸村のとくぞう: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Museums_in_Yamanashi_prefecture-4b.jpg
Inazakira: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jomon_people_Skull_and_Restoration_model_-_Niigata_Prefectural_Museum_of_History.jpg
G41rn8: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sannai_IMG_20161009_143947.jpg
そらみみ: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_Inner_City_in_Yoshinogari_Historical_Park_1.jpg
Motokoka: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Replica_of_bronze_halberd_at_Yoshinogari_Ancient_Ruins.jpg
Artanisen: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen-Himiko-Museum-Yayoi-Culture.png
Zhang zhicheng: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reconstructed_Danfeng_Men.jpg
Firedrop: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standing_Komoku_Ten_(Virupakusa)_Heian_Period,_12th_century.tiff
Archeologo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museo_d%27Arte_Orientale,_Torino_20.jpg
Jnn: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Udamikumari_1246.jpg
震天動地: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M%C5%8Dko_Sh%C5%ABrai_Ekotoba4.JPG
David Moore: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kusunoki_Masashige_statue.jpg
Rama: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EdoJapaneseArquebuse.jpg
Yanajin33: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Tokugawa_Ieyasu.jpg
historyofjapan.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/105k257f.jpg: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:105k257f.jpg
Mil.ru: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soviet_Anti-tank_Trooper_on_Shumshu.jpg
Kura_P: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Construction_TACHIBANA_MARU_bow.jpg
OS6: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%97%A5%E6%96%B0%E8%A3%BD%E9%8B%BC%E5%91%89%E8%A3%BD%E9%89%84%E6%89%80_(Ironworks)_-_panoramio.jpg
Rama:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canon_7_with_50mm_f0.95_IMG_0374.JPG
Tokumeigakarinoaoshima: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toyopet_Crown_Super_Deluxe_mid-year_1966.jpg
Museoscienza.org: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Videoregistratore_a_bobine_chiuse,_sistema_U-matic_-_Museo_scienza_tecnologia_Milano_14877.jpg
ANP scans 8ANP 222): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mishima_Yukio_1970.jpg
Thesupermat: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_-_Salon_du_livre_2012_-_Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce_-_003.jpg
User9131986: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Susumu_Tonegawa_Photo.jpg
The Japan Academy (日本学士院): commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hideki_Shirakawa_reconstructed.jpg
Користувач:Brunei: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rioji_Noyori.jpg
Boungawa: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Isao_Takahata.jpg
Selbymay: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FIBD2016OtomoHermann_(cropped).jpg
Phantom Kabocha: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015_Grand_Prix_Final_-_Yuzuru_Hanyu_FS_(3).jpg
Pierre-Yves Beaudouin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yonex_IFB_2013_-_Quarterfinal_-_Tian_Qing_-_Zhao_Yunlei_vs_Misaki_Matsutomo_-_Ayaka_Takahashi_23.jpg
FASTILY: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicken_Teriyaki_2_2017-04-10.jpg

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