This is a compilation of the results of comprehensive research (excavation of 25 sites) conducted from 1951 to 1958 by the Special Committee for Comprehensive Research on Yayoi Pottery Culture, established within the Archaeological Society of Japan. *Purchased over 40 years ago, my memory is hazy, but I believe this book may have been a pirated edition. - Publisher: Tokyo-do Shuppan - Published: 1981 (First edition 1960) - Price: 10,000 yen - Condition: The cover has sun fading and stains, small folds on the corners, the top edge and long edges of the main body are sun-faded, stains on the beginning and end pages, some stains on the text, and small folds on the corners of a few pages.