Annual Bulletin 1973
ANNUAL BULLETIN OF NARA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL PROPERTIES 1973
CONTENTS
TEXT Page
Preface 1
1. Measurements and Reconstructions on the Chart of the Principal Buddhist Image of the Asukadera Temple and the Head of Buddhist Image of the Yamadadera Temple 2
2. Researches on the Sculptures and Pictures 7
3. A Survey of Minka (Domestic House in the Edo Period) in Kagoshima Pref. 8
4. Arrangement of the Nara Palace Site (3) 10
5. Architectural Surveys of the Old Building and Sites; Arrangements and Measurements of the Historical Sites 12
6. A Supplementary Study of the Fragmentary Documents: Kohon-Ryo-Shiki (Annotation of Statues) Kept in the Toshodaiji Temple 14
7. Researches on the Old Books and Manuscripts 17
8. A Synthetic Study of the Nanto-Shoji-Engi (Histories of the Temples in Nara) 17
9. Surveys of the Nara Palace Site and Its Surroundings 18
10. Wooden Writing Tablets Excavated at the Nara Palace Site in 1972 36
11. Surveys of the Asuka and Fujiwara Palace Sites 38
12. Survey of the Platform of Pagoda, Horinji Temple 48
13. Survey of the Site of Lecture Hall, Kofukuji Temple 50
14. Sueki (Grey Pottery) Found in a Kiln in Ikoma City 51
15. Investigation on the Technique of Magemono (Vessel Shaped by Bending a Thin Sheet of Cypress Wood into a Circular Form) Manufacture 52
16. Other Surveys 53
17. Scientific Methods for Conservation of the Sites and Relics (3) 54
18. Summaries of the Open Lectures 57
19. Organization and Activities of the Institute 58
PLATES
1. Stone-Built Drain, Kaminoide Site
2. Remains of a Building, Fujiwara Palace Site, Excavated in the 5th Survey
3. Stone-Built Ditch, Assumed Asuka Kiyomigahara Palace Site
4. Remains of a Storeyed Building, Nara Palace Site, Excavated in the 77th Survey
5. Remains of a Gate and a Storeyed Building, Nara Palace Site, Excavated in the 77th Survey
6. General View of the Utahime-Nishi Roof-Tile Kiln
7. General View of the Nakayama Roof-Tile Kiln
8. Wooden Writing Tablets Excavated at the Nara Palace Site
9. Fragmentary Documents A and D of the Kohon-Ryo-Shiki, Kept in the Toshodaiji Temple
10. Foundation for the Central Pillar of Pagoda, Horinji Temple
Published by
Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute
Nara, 1973
