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1. Kofun Period

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   The Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun Jidai), conventionally dated from approximately 250 to 538 CE, represents a crucial era in early Japanese history, succeeding the Yayoi period and preceding the Asuka period. It is named after the massive, distinctive, keyhole-shaped earthen burial mounds, or kofun, that were constructed across the archipelago for the ruling elite. This period witnessed the consolidation of regional political power, the emergence of powerful clan confederations—the precursors to the later imperia…