1. Anthropology
Anthropology
in
in
Japan
Japan
Where Japanese come
form?
Anthropology
National Chi Nan University
Prof. Noel W. Schutz Jr.
Lawrenzo Hung-Chun Huang
2. Mainstream hypothesis of migrations
into the Japanese islands from Sibelia
and Korea.
Red=Jomon/Ainu (native islanders),
Yellow=Yayoi (Korean / Chinese)
3. Jōmon
Jōmon
ancestor
ancestor
Yayoi
Yayoi 10,000 BC
ancestor
ancestor
1000 BC
Japanese Paleolithic
5. JOMONVersusYAYOI
The Jomon Yayoi culture
(10,000 BC to 300 BC) (300 BC to 250 AD)
6. Morphological data
Large Frontal
Round
orbital bone Square orbital
bone
Flat Prominent
Nasal Nasal
Long Shortness
Ethmoid Ethmoid
Un-flat Flat occlude
occlude
Large Smaller
tooth tooth
Yayoi 彌生人 Jōmon 繩文人
8. Mystery Dogū
Sami Reindeer Herders in Alaska
1894 to Late 1930's
goggles
?
Dogū (土偶) are small humanoid and animal figurines
made during the late Jōmon period (14,000 BC to 400
BC) of prehistoric Japan.
9. Ainu people
The Ainu (アイヌ) (also called Ezo in historical texts) are an indigenous ethnic
group of Japan and Russia.
12. Amateras and Jinmu-tennō
According to the legendary account in the Kojiki(古事紀)
天照大神 神武天皇
660 BC primitive society of Japan in Matrilineal Society
Spring and Autumn Period of Zhou Dynasty
14. Zhou & Ch'in Dynasty 1000 BC
Hsiung-nu
Hsien-pei,
15. Hsien-pei, Hsiung-nu and Yayoi Japan
The Hsiung-nu were a confederation of nomadic tribes from Central
Asia with a ruling class of unknown origin.
3rd century BC–460s
Hsien-pei
16. Jofuku 徐福 immigrant to Japan
•He was sent by Ch'in Emperor to the
eastern seas twice to look for the elixir of life.
•His two journeys occurred between 219 BC
and 210 BC.
•It was believed that the fleet included 60
barques and around 5000 crew members,
3000 boys and girls, and craftsmen of
different fields.
•After he embarked on a second mission in
210 BC, he never returned. Some sources
•was born in
255 BC in the
Ch'in state have pointed to 500 boys and 500 girls
and served as
a court instead.
sorcerer in
Qin Dynasty
China.
17. Jofuku 徐福 immigrant to Japan
•Those who support the theory that Sheh Fu landed in Japan credit him with being
the catalyst for the development of ancient Japanese society.
•The Jōmon culture which had existed in ancient Japan for over 6000 years
suddenly disappeared around 300 BC.
•The farming techniques and
knowledge that Sheh Fu brought along
are said to have improved the quality of
life of the ancient Japanese people and
he is said to have introduced many
new plants and techniques to ancient
Japan. To these achievements is
attributed the worship of Sheh Fu as
the "God of farming", "God of
medicine" and "God of silk" by the
Japanese. Numerous temples and
memorials of Xu can be found in many
places in Japan.
18. Rice Culture of YAYOI Period
Wood Hoe Wood Plow
Copper Bell
Around the fifth century BC 4
Kyushu, Shikoku and Honshu
However, the Hokkaido Nansei Islands, and dependent on food
samples. Rice is rice, food production is much greater, it is also well
preserved.
19. DNA Evidence
Japanese
Korean
Ainu
Aeta
Vedda
Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism among Five Asian Populations
by S. Harihara, et al.
Five Asian Populations of which Samples Were Analyzed in this Study
23. The Chrysanthemum and the
Sword
• The Chrysanthemum and the Sword:
Patterns of Japanese Culture is an
influential 1946 study of Japan by
American anthropologist Ruth Benedict
written at the invitation of the U.S.
Office of War Information in order to
understand and predict the behavior of
the Japanese in World War II by
reference to a series of contradictions
Ruth Benedict in traditional culture. The book was
influential in shaping American ideas
about Japanese culture during the
occupation of Japan, and popularized
the distinction between guilt cultures
and shame cultures.[1]
