Izumo Federation
The Izumo Federation was a tribal confederation in the Japanese archipelago that existed during the Yayoi and Kofun periods.
History
[edit]By the end of the Yayoi period, chiefs in eastern Izumo formed a confederation.[1]: 53–54 Historians agree that there was a big struggle between the Yamato federation and the Izumo Federation centuries before written records.[2]
During the early Kofun period (3rd century), the Izumo region constructed rectangular tumuli. In the fourth century, this region saw the construction of rectangular and key-shaped tumuli.[3]
By the sixth century, the rulers of the Izumo region sent tribute to Yamato.[4] During the 6th or 7th century it was absorbed due to the expansion of the Yamato Kingship.[5]
Government and religion
[edit]Some historians refer these chiefs as “kings of Izumo”. The chiefs in both the Kofun and the Yayoi period were considered sacred and relied on religion for influence.[1]: 54–58
References
[edit]- 1 2 Piggott, Joan R. (1989). "Sacral Kingship and Confederacy in Early Izumo". Monumenta Nipponica. 44 (1): 45–74. doi:10.2307/2384698. ISSN 0027-0741.
- ↑ Brown, Delmer M.; Hall, John Whitney; Press, Cambridge University; McCullough, William H.; Jansen, Marius B.; Shively, Donald H.; Yamamura, Kozo; Duus, Peter (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge University Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-521-22352-2.
- ↑ Mizoguchi, Koji; 溝口孝司 (2013-11-25). The Archaeology of Japan: From the Earliest Rice Farming Villages to the Rise of the State. Cambridge University Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-521-88490-7.
- ↑ Henshall 2004, p. 16.
- ↑ Hudson, Mark James (1999-08-01). Ruins of Identity: Ethnogenesis in the Japanese Islands. University of Hawaii Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-8248-6419-4.
Bibliography
[edit]Henshall, Kenneth G. (2004). A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower (PDF). Archived from the original on October 29, 2004.
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