CONTENTS
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Preface 1
Excavation of the Zuto (Square Earthen Pagoda with Stone Buddhist Images) 2
Excavations in the Asuka Area 6
Excavations of the Fujiwara Palace and Capital Sites 13
Excavations of the Nara Palace Site 22
Excavations of the Nara Capital Sites 30
Wooden Writing Tablets Excavated from the Nara Palace and Capital Sites 38
On A Catalogue of “Kasuga-Sha Kyozo Kyoron Chumon”, Buddhist Scriptures in the Sutra Repository, Kasuga Shinto Shrine owned by the Kofuku-ji Temple, Nara Pref. 42
Investigation of the Buildings in Buddhist Temples and Shinto Shrines of Edo Period, Tottori Pref. 46
Survey of Townscape in Waki-machi, Tokushima Pref. 48
Survey of the Farmhouses in Nara City 50
Excavation of the Osawa-ike Pond in Daikaku-ji Temple, Kyoto 51
Special Exhibition of Asuka Historical Museum 52
Restoration of the “Sakafune-ishi” Stone Monument 53
Investigation of the Cultural Properties owned by Horyu-ji
1 Hyakumanto (Miniature Wooden Stupa) 54
2 Hyakumanto Dahrani (Sutra of Mistic Buddhist Incantation Printed on Paper) 55
3 Ancient Roof-tiles 56
Gold- and Silver-lacquer objects unearthed from the Nara Palace Site 57
Investigation of the Ancient Roof-tiles owned by Mr. Tatsuki Matsuoka 58
Applications of the System for Simple Aerial Photography 59
On Registivity Surveying of Archaeological Sites 60
Investigation of Excavated Animal Bones (3) 62
Material Analysis of Artifacts by ICP Optical Emission Spectrometry 63
The Third Symposium on Conservation Science 64
Landscape Architecture of the Nara and Fujiwara Palace Sites 65
Brief Reports on the Research Tours Abroad 69
Open Lectures Held by the Institute during 1986 70
Other Specific Researches and Surveys 71
Organization and Activities of the Institute 73
Published by
Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute
Nara, 1987