Jomon Female Clay Figurine Dogu from the Hachinohe Korekawa Jomon Centre Museum

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The Jōmon period (縄文時代) is the time in Prehistoric Japan from about 14,000 BC to about 300 BC, when Japan was inhabited by a hunter-gatherer culture which reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity. Dogū (土偶) are small humanoid and animal figurines made during the late Jōmon period (14,000–400 BC) of prehistoric Dogū come exclusively from the Jōmon period. By the Yayoi period, which followed the Jōmon period, Dogū were no longer made.

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Size: 4423px × 2949px
Location: Korekawa 2 Chome, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku, Honshu, Japan
Photo credit: © Moonie's World Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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