jomon

adjective

jo·​mon ˈjō-ˌmän 

often capitalized

: of, relating to, or typical of a Japanese cultural period from about the fifth or fourth millennium b.c. to about 200 b.c. and characterized by elaborately ornamented hand-formed unglazed pottery

Word History

Etymology

Japanese jōmon, literally, straw rope pattern; from the decoration on the pottery

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above