One ancient culture in this nation produced ceremonial bronze bells decorated with animals that prey on agricultural pests.
One ancient culture in this nation produced ceremonial bronze bells decorated with animals that prey on agricultural pests. Prehistoric inhabitants of this nation made female venus figurines called dogus. From the 3rd to 7th centuries AD, tribes in this nation built distinctive keyhole-shaped burial mounds called kofun. In 720, a ruler of this nation issued the Seventeen Article Constitution, one of the oldest known. This nation fought the Thirty-Eight Years War against native horsemen called the Emishi. This nation was at times ruled by officials with the title of Shikken, who served as regents for the head of the bakufu, or military government on nominal behalf of the emperor. For 10 points, name this Asian nation home to the Gempei War and the Heian Period, formerly ruled by shoguns.
One ancient culture in this nation produced ceremonial bronze bells decorated with animals that prey on agricultural pests.
Japan [or Nihon; Nippon]