Izumo Federation

The Izumo Federation was a tribal confederation in the Japanese archipelago that existed during the Yayoi and Kofun periods.

History

By the end of the Yayoi period, chiefs in eastern Izumo formed a confederation.: 53–54  Historians agree that there was a big struggle between the Yamato federation and the Izumo Federation centuries before written records.

During the early Kofun period (3rd century), the Izumo region constructed rectangular tumuli. In the fourth century, this region saw the construction of rectangular and key-shaped tumuli.

By the sixth century, the rulers of the Izumo region sent tribute to Yamato. During the 6th or 7th century it was absorbed due to the expansion of the Yamato Kingship.

Government and religion

Some historians refer these chiefs as “kings of Izumo”. The chiefs in both the Kofun and the Yayoi period were considered sacred and relied on religion for influence.: 54–58 

References

  1. 1 2 Piggott, Joan R. (1989). "Sacral Kingship and Confederacy in Early Izumo". Monumenta Nipponica. 44 (1): 45–74. doi:10.2307/2384698. ISSN 0027-0741.
  2. ↑ Brown, Delmer M.; Hall, John Whitney; Press, Cambridge University; McCullough, William H.; Jansen, Marius B.; Shively, Donald H.; Yamamura, Kozo; Duus, Peter (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge University Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-521-22352-2.
  3. ↑ Mizoguchi, Koji; 溝口孝司 (2013-11-25). The Archaeology of Japan: From the Earliest Rice Farming Villages to the Rise of the State. Cambridge University Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-521-88490-7.
  4. ↑ Henshall 2004, p. 16.
  5. ↑ Hudson, Mark James (1999-08-01). Ruins of Identity: Ethnogenesis in the Japanese Islands. University of Hawaii Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-8248-6419-4.

Bibliography

Henshall, Kenneth G. (2004). A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower (PDF). Archived from the original on October 29, 2004.