(ˈ)yä¦yȯi adjective
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: from Yayoi , site in Tokyo, Japan, where remains of the period were discovered
: of, relating to, or being typical of a Japanese cultural period extending from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 200, being generally neolithic but including the beginning of work in metal, and characterized especially by unglazed wheel-thrown pottery sometimes with incised surface ornamentation and often of florid shape