Amaterasu: The Japanese Sun Goddess

Kojiki; the oldest book in Japan about the beginning of time (Japanese mythology)

Nihon Shoki - World History Encyclopedia

Emperor of Japan - World History Encyclopedia

Statesman Prince Shotoku, legend or real national hero?

Chapter 5-2 Japan. - ppt download

The Story of Prince Yamato Take, Japanese Fairy Tales, Yei Theodora Ozaki

Section 1 Vocabulary Japan Japan – a chain of islands that stretches north to south in the N. Pacific Ocean – has 3,000+ islands 4 largest Japanese. - ppt download

World History CP. Early Japanese Society Earliest Japanese society was organized into clans, or groups of families descended from a common ancestor. Each. - ppt download

Emperor Jimmu was the first emperor of Japan, according to legend. His accession is traditionally dated as 660 BCE. He is a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu through her grandson Ninigi

Chapter 5 – Medieval Japan. First settlers / People to meet Yayoi – ancestors of the Japanese people today; started around 300 B.C. Yamato – clan that. - ppt download