3rd century: Powerful priest kings of Yamato and sacred Mt Miwa

During the Kofun period, the leaders of Yamato held sacred roles as powerful priest kings. Explosive agricultural growth during the last part of the third century, and the fruits thereof, gave the Yamato kings the ability to marshal the human and physical resources needed for constructing huge mounds  and to undertake military campaigns into the Korean peninsula. (Left: King from the…

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