Annual Bulletin 1995
ANNUAL BULLETIN OF NARA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL PROPERTIES 1995
Table of Contents
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Frontispiece
I. International Scholarly Exchanges
Archaeological Investigations at the Northern Wei Dynasty Yongning Buddhist Temple site, Luoyang, Henan, China 2
Institute’s Curators’ Long-Term Research Trips Abroad 4
Institute’s Curators’ Short-Term Research Trips Abroad 6
Foreign Scholars Invited and Visited 8
Miscellaneous International Research News 9
II. Researches and Investigations
Intra-Institute Advanced Seminars 12
Wooden Artifact Discovered in the Nagaoka Capital Site (A. D. 784-794), which Has been Identified as a Japanese Harp 15
Eaves Tiles of the Asuka-dera Buddhist Temple Site (Supplement) 16
Archaeological and Scientific Investigations into Metal Vessels Owned by the Horyu-ji Buddhist Temple (Part 2) 18
Roof Tiles with Engraved Marks, which Have beeb Excavated at Kiln Site in Northern Nara and Southern Kyoto Prefectures 20
Analysis of Faunal Remains (11) 22
Dendrochronology (12) 23
Three-dimensional Image of a Silver Inlaid Phoenix Pattern Captured by an X-Ray Computed Tomography 24
Catalogs of Buddhist Sutras Owned by the Horin-in, Ishiyama-dera Temple, Shiga Prefecture 26
Architectural Studies on the Early Modern Buddhist Temples and Shinto Shrines in Okayama City (1) 30
Studies for and Prototype-Building of Mechanical Systems that Assist Archaeological Excavations and Mapping 32
Photogrammetry and Manual Measurement of a Stone Stupa at the To-no-Mori [“Forest of Pagodas”], Nara City 36
Plan and Design for a Physical Reconstruction of the Main Hall of Eastern Complex of the Nara Imperial Palace 37
Design for a 1: 10 Scale Model of the Early Imperial Audience Hall 40
Wooden Tablets with Inscriptions in Ink Discovered in the Nara Imperial Palace and Capital Sites in the Fiscal Year of 1994 42
Special Exhibition in the Division of the Asuka and Fujiwara Palace Site Investigations Display Room, Held in Conjunction to Celebrations for 1300 Anniversary of the Fujiwara Palace 44
Special Exhibitions Held at the Asuka Historical Museum 45
Preparatory Studies for a Reconstruction of the Early Imperial Audience Hall Compound, Nara Imperial Palace 46
Restoration of the Nara Imperial Palace and Fujiwara Palace Sites 47
Public Lectures/Miscellaneous Research News 50
Ⅲ Archaeological Excavations
Sites in the Asuka Area, Fujiwara Palace and Fujiwara Capital 52
Nara Imperial Palace and Nara Capital Sites 74
Miscellaneous Activities of the Institute/Organization of the Institute 93
ANNUAL BULLETIN OF THE NARA NATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
1995
Published by
Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute
Nara, 1996. 3
