Yayoi
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Tokyo Yayoi Period
300 BCE – 300 CE
An Izumo hillside yielded 358 Yayoi bronze swords in 1984, with 16 spearheads and 6 bells beside them. This National Treasure hoard reset Japanese archaeology.
A pictorial Yayoi bronze bell at the Tokyo National Museum, said to come from old Sanuki, its six panels engraving deer hunts, herons, a granary and grain-pounders.