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For questions about Japan prior to 500 C.E, from the Jōmon period to the Kofun period.

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Were taiko drums used to determine village sizes?

I suspect this is a misleading interpretation of a custom. The rumbling power of the taiko has also been long been associated with the gods, and has been appropriated by the religions of Japan. Accor …
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