Jomon is one of the oldest Japanese cultures in Ancient Age in the aged of 12,000 years old. From literature study show that it is one of the larger area in the world where the ancient clay wears found. Its style closely to clay wears which were found in Asia Continent. From the evident in Jomon Age shown that military have most power because there was a big mound of grave with many of Haniva (Sculpture from clay of human and animals) around. There were different levels of people where the chief of Village have to look after responsibility for villagers. Each village have their own location most of villagers living by fishing and growing plant and they also keep the culture of building grave for chef when he is dieing.

1.Early Jomon age high of 22 cm found in Saitama town

2.Middle of Jomom Age high of 29 cm found at Aumataka at Nikata town

3.Last Jomon Age high of 51 cm found at Siba town

4.Sculpture of heart shape high of 30 cm foundat Kumma town

Yayoai age

       New Stone Age had develop to Yayoai Age where the permanently community established and living with growing rice. They also build water dam and also use metal materials to build lifestyle tools or for ceremonial instrument. There was two type of bronze in Yayoai age, sword and bell. The evident shown some sword found buried with necklace, bracelet, mirror in a single grave.

      According to Japanese fairly tale believed that Japan dynasty was derived from God of the Sun as the highest god in all of God from Shinto belief. One of the important ceremonies that effect on country politic was creation of God connection. It has very similar characteristic with today ceremony such as to respect the older by stand on the knee and laid hands on both knee. Then put hand together means to respect the God. Another ceremony was about body purity. The process of Shingto religion very similar to Buddhism that able to learn likes other original religion in the world. Shinto believes in spirit and angle that inhabit in everywhere. Kami was the thing that most village people respected.

      Most of Yayoai community was living with agriculture, living in-group or in one location.
* In East north of Japan there had a second graveyard where they had to dig all human skeleton that painting in yellow color. Then those skeletons were put in a big and beautiful grave as one.
* In East they were buried in a hill with ditch surrounding most likely to be a famous family. Adult's body was buried in wooden jar whereas child's body was buried in metal jar. The graveyard was spread all over the village.
* In West there were several type of grave, some was buried with other things. Adult's body was buried in jar and some was buried as Dolmen.

Haniva

       In the age of Kofun changed in culture basis have an influenced to their career. The grave was made up of large mound in both adult and child most of these grave were a powerful person such as the grave of Nintoku Empire in the length of 475 meters with 3 levels of ditch. There were sculptures of human and animal made from clay that surrounded called Haniva. There were 20,000 Haniva around. Interior constructed of 26,000 large square rocks seem that it had been decorated.

Kannon Yama mound grave at Gumma

      The Haniva were in many style from simple pattern to very complicated pattern. It indicated life style of people in that age such as House Haniva and mirror style showed overview of people lifestyle and how the food was stored. Such as mirror carved which found in the grave of Niiyamatomb at Koryo in Nara city, it shown the picture of animal hunting and house in the Age of Kofun.

Type of mound grave in Kofun Age

      Type of mound grave in Kofun Age
1.Em-pun round pattern
2. Ho-fun square pattern
3. Sembo-Ko-en-Fun square face, rounded back pattern
4. Sem-bo Koho-fun both face and back were in square pattern

       In the early of grave Age contained a small room to fit the coffin then it developed to have path and getting bigger. In grave wall had the paint of human and animal it might be shown the respect for death ceremony. Beyond those pictures it had warrior shield, arrow and horse. Within the grave contained of mirror, small bead, brace lace, necklace and other agriculture tools, sword and other weapon.

       In today of Japan ceremony they relied on Buddhism ceremony where the cremation would carry out immediately after someone death the ceremony took for an hour. Family that the member has pass away will inform others relative and they do not formally wearing any shiny jewelry such as ring or emerald. Women usually dress in back color with jewelry such as emerald lace in back. Men dress with back suit and white shirt with white tie. Monk sermon will be held at the ceremony while most of relative to the death will take about that person for whole night and drink together.

       For support of ceremony Japanese who come to ceremony will enclose the money in the envelope with their name and give it to the relative of the death usually from 5000 Baht to 10000 Yen. At the end of monks sermon the master of ceremony will hand out the memory gift for guest such Saki. In 49 days the master of ceremony will pay the money back to the guest in haft of the amount that the guest had giving.

Background : At the beginning of Japanese culture