Editing Japanese art (section)

====Middle Jōmon period====
[[File:Jar, Japan, Middle to Late Jomon period, 35th-11th century BC, earthenware - Princeton University Art Museum - DSC07118.jpg|thumb|Jar; middle to late Jomon period; 35th-11th century BCE]]
The Middle Jōmon period (2500–1500 BCE),<ref name="History of Japanese Art"/> differed from the Early Jōmon Period in many ways. These people were less nomadic and began to settle in villages. They created useful tools that to process the food they gathered and hunted, which made life easier.  Through the numerous aesthetically pleasing ceramics found during this period, it is evident that they  had a stable economy and more leisure time. In addition, the people of the Middle Jōmon period differed from their ancestors in their development of vessels for specific functions, for example, pots for storage.<ref name="History of Japanese Art"/> The decorations on these vessels were more realistic than those on  early Jōmon ceramics.<ref name="History of Japanese Art"/>