Yoshinogari Dwellings

This shows reconstructed dwellings from the Yayoi Period in Japan (their equivalent of the Neolithic Age), which occurred during the Classical Period. During the late Yayoi Period Chinese culture traveled to Japan, largely due to merchants and traveling monks. According to the Stearns textbook, "the Japanese developed a unique civilization from a blend of their own culture and a selecive importation and conscious refashioning of Chinese influences." Although Japan acknowledge China's cultural superiority, it still maintained its independence, resulting in a culture entirely its own.