The Saisekijin Culture of the Japanese archipelago is largely divided into two areas of distribution, that of cuneate saisekijin in northeast Japan and those of Nodake, Yasumiba, and Funano types in the southwest Japan.
大きく分けると、日本列島の細石刃文化は、北東日本の楔形（くさびがた）細石刃と南西日本の野岳（のだけ）・休場（やすみば）型や船野型細石刃の二つの分布圏に分かれる。