Yayoi pottery

[1] The pottery allowed for the identification of the Yayoi period and its primary features such as agriculture and social structure.

[2] Distinguishing characteristics of the Yayoi period include the appearance of new pottery styles that distinguishes it from the earlier Jōmon pottery.

A point of difference is evident in the way Yayoi pottery is technically superior but artistically less advanced due to the way Jōmon pottery featured greater freedom of design and more variety of shape.

[6] This link is said to be based on hybridization or imitation and demonstrated in the case of the hybrid style of pottery produced in the Neug-To Islands.

[6] Media related to Yayoi pottery at Wikimedia Commons This article related to art or architecture in Japan is a stub.