Kofun period
The Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun jidai) is an era in the history of Japan from around 250 to 538 AD. It follows the Yayoi period. The word kofun is Japanese for the type of burial mounds dating from this era. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes referred to collectively as the Yamato period. The Kofun period is the earliest era of recorded history in Japan; as the chronology of its historical sources tends to be very distorted, studies of this period require deliberate criticism and the aid of archaeology.
The Kofun period is divided from the Asuka period by its cultural differences. The Kofun period is characterized by a Shinto culture which existed prior to the introduction of Buddhism. Politically, the leader of a powerful clan won control over much of west Honshū and the northern half of Kyūshū and eventually established the Imperial House of Japan. Kofun burial mounds on Tanegashima and two very old Shinto shrines on Yakushima suggest that these islands were the southern boundaries of the Yamato state, while its northernmost extent was as far north as Tainai in the modern Niigata Prefecture, where mounds have been excavated associated with a person with close links to the Yamato kingdom.
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by Kevin Rowe
Welcome To America
by: Kevin RoweAs I look upon the empty walls
Of the home I'm leaving
I turn off the light and close the door
With the bag i'm taking
And all my friends say they approve
They say "it's gonna be so good for you"
And I don't have it all figured out quite yet
I'm still trying to find my way
And I must have a Union Jack wrapped around my wrist
And a sign on my back saying I'm English
Cos wherever I go the folks are all grinning
Saying "welcome to America"
So I pick up the keys to a broken down Jeep
But that is not how it was sold to me
My phone company says the dont trust me
On acocount of my foreign residency
The land of oppoutunity
The place where all your refills come for free
And I must have a Union Jack wrapped around my wrist
And a sign on my back saying I'm English
Cos wherever I go the folks are all grinning
Saying "welcome to America"
Just walking around they know that I'm from out of state
The way that i talk must be completely out of place
Wherever I go the folks are all grinning
Saying "welcome to America"
Officer I did not know what a car-pool was
Cos we don't have them back home
My bank tells me I'm not credit worthy
Till I prove what I can earn
I've got so much left to learn
But as I look upon the empty walls
Of the home I live in
I must have a Union Jack wrapped around my wrist
And a sign on my back saying I'm English
Cos wherever I go the folks are all grinning
Saying "welcome to America"
Just walking around they know that I'm from out of state
The way that i talk must be completely out of place
Wherever I go the folks are all grinning