Japan to 1868: The Kofun Period & the Introduction of Buddhism @TheFallofRome

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At some point between 530 and 550 (or 552, to be exact) the kingdom of Paekche introduced Buddhism to Japan. Going along with the introduction to Buddhism was the introduction of numerous continental methods of statecraft, all of which were used by the Japanese to construct a more centralized state. It's at the same time that Japanese History was entering the Kofun (or Tomb) Period, and it's through all of these factors that the Yamato Clan rose to prominence.

SOURCES:
The Archaeology of East Asia, Barnes
The Oxford Handbook to Premodern Japanese History, Friday
Japan Emerging, Friday
East Asia, Holcombe
Empires of the Silk Road, Beckwith
Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey, Hane & Perez
Cambridge History of Japan vol. I

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