caigers jomon heian kamakura ashikaga shogunates caiger meisji yayoi isolationist archipelagos yamato shogunate gatherer tokugawa buddhism bushido permeate absorb zen aristocratic samurai feudal unification industrialization aesthetic mason prehistoric refined rebuilding flourish centralized concluding restoration

japans settled survey analyze pays administrative agricultural upheaval prowess medieval commerce hunter periods distinct foundational powerhouse imperial emergence discipline balanced maintaining particular establishment expansion societies rapid japan authority models text transition chinese eventual starting

shifts allowed internal decline code japanese peace warfare exploring core centuries creating defined attention highlighting foreign traditional half urban origins ability period clear profound communities dramatic view identity post focus serves sense class traces