History & Mythology
Japanese readings with furigana and English for every sentence.
縄文 · Jōmon
- 縄文時代とはどんな時代かWhat Was the Jōmon Period?
- 縄文時代の前の時代Before the Jōmon Period
- 気候と自然Climate and Nature
- 縄文人の食べ物What the Jōmon People Ate
- 石や骨の道具Tools of Stone and Bone
- 縄文土器Jōmon Pottery
- 竪穴住居とムラPit Houses and Villages
- 三内丸山遺跡The Sannai-Maruyama Site
- 服とかざりClothing and Ornaments
- 縄文時代の家族と社会Family and Society
- 縄文人の体と暮らしThe Jōmon People
- まつりと祈りRituals and Prayer
- 交易と丸木舟Trade and Dugout Canoes
- 縄文時代の発見How the Jōmon Period Was Found
- 縄文時代の六つの時期The Six Stages of the Jōmon Period
- 人の数と暮らしの変化How Many People, and How Life Changed
- 縄文時代の終わりと弥生時代The End of the Jōmon Period
- 縄文の宝物Treasures of the Jōmon
- 縄文を今に伝えるJōmon Today
弥生 · Yayoi
- 弥生時代とはどんな時代かWhat Was the Yayoi Period?
- 弥生時代の発見How the Yayoi Period Was Found
- 稲作のはじまりThe Beginning of Rice Farming
- 田んぼと農具Rice Fields and Farm Tools
- 高床倉庫と米の保存Storehouses and Keeping Rice
- 弥生土器Yayoi Pottery
- 食べ物と料理Food and Cooking
- 服と織物Clothes and Weaving
- 家とムラHouses and Villages
- 渡来人と弥生人Immigrants and the Yayoi People
- 金属器の伝来Bronze and Iron Arrive
- 銅鐸The Bronze Bells
- ムラからクニへFrom Villages to Kingdoms
- 吉野ヶ里遺跡The Yoshinogari Site
- 登呂遺跡The Toro Site
- 墓と身分のちがいGraves and Social Rank
- まつりと信仰Festivals and Beliefs
- 中国の歴史書にのる倭Wa in Chinese Records
- 邪馬台国と卑弥呼Yamatai and Himiko
- 縄文時代と弥生時代のちがい、そして古墳時代へJōmon vs. Yayoi, and On to the Kofun Period
古事記 · Kojiki myths
- 古事記と天地のはじまりThe Kojiki and the Beginning of Heaven and Earth
- イザナギとイザナミの国生みIzanagi and Izanami Make the Islands
- 神々の誕生とイザナミの死Birth of the Gods and the Death of Izanami
- 黄泉の国The Land of Yomi
- 禊と三人の貴い神Purification and the Three Noble Children
- 誓約とスサノオのあばれThe Pledge and Susanoo's Misdeeds
- 天岩戸The Heavenly Rock Cave
- ヤマタノオロチSusanoo and the Eight-Headed Serpent
- 因幡の白兎The White Hare of Inaba
- 大国主の試練と根の国Ōkuninushi's Trials and the Land of Roots
- 国づくりと少名毘古那Making the Land with Sukunabikona
- 国譲りThe Yielding of the Land
- 天孫降臨The Descent of Ninigi
- 海幸彦と山幸彦Umisachi and Yamasachi
- 神武天皇の東征Emperor Jinmu’s Journey East