Historical Materials No.49
REPORT of THE YAMANOUCHI SUGAO ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION NUMBERⅨ
Kasori-B Type Late Jomon Pottery; Pottery of the Shimofusa Provincial Monastery and Nunnery
This series of catalogues publishes archaeological materials collected by the late Dr. YAMANOUCHI Sugao [1902-1970]. He was a prominent prehistorian who firmly established the methodological framework of investigations into Japanese prehistory, particularly the Jomon Period. His collection principally consists of archaeological data resulting from his own excavations at Jomon sites in eastern Japan.
This volume includes the Kasori-B type pottery of the Late Jomon Period, ceramic coffins of the seventh century A.D., and haji earthenware dishes and bowls with ink inscriptions that were discovered at the Shimofusa provincial temples (monastery and nunnery in a pair). Although the proveniences of the Kasori-B type pottery are not recorded, the pottery sherds are well preserved and serve as an “index” for the Kasori-B type. Similarly, the provenience records of the ceramic coffins are missing, but they are morphologically considered as the Kibi type. Because the spatial distribution of the ceramic coffins are very skewed, investigations into ceramic coffins are expected to approach issues of group identity in the elite class in the seventh century. The haji earthenware dishes and bowls with ink inscriptions are important because the discovery of these dishes and bowls has enabled to determine the location of the Shimofusa provincial temples, which was historically unclear.
NARA NATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
PUBLICATIONS ON HISTORICAL MATERIALS, VOLUME XLIX
NARA, MARCH 1998
CONTENTS
Preface
I. Kasori-B type Late Jomon pottery [Pls. 1-73]
Professor YAMANOUCHI probably separated these pieces as an “index” of the Kasori-B type pottery. They are well preserved. While the proveniences of the data are not recorded, the surface condition of some pottery suggests that most of them were excavated at shell middens, probably on the Pacific coast of Japan in the present Chiba and Ibaragi Prefectures. Both finely-made and crudely-made pottery are present in the collection.
1.Nature of the data (by KANEKO Hiroyuki) 1
2.YAMANOUCHI Sugao and the Kasori-B type (by ABIKO Shoji) 3
3.Kasori-B type as appeared in the Senshi Doki Zufu [Illustrated Catalogue of Prehistoric Pottery] (by ABIKO Shoji) 6
4.Kasori-B type pottery in the eastern and western Kanto region (by ABIKO Shoji) 12
5.Classification of the data (by ABIKO Shoji) 18
II. Ceramic coffins of the Chugoku District in western Japan [Pls. 74, 75] (by MORISHITA Hiroyuki)
In the collection are 80 fragments of ceramic coffins. Some fragments can be reassembled to nearly a complete coffin. Although the provenience records are missing, they are typologically considered to be the Kibi type that was distributed in the present Okayama Prefecture (Kibi region) in the seventh century A.D.
1. Nature of the data 29
2.Classification of the data 29
III. Haji earthenware dishes and bowls discovered at the Shimofusa provincial temples [Pls. 76-78] (by KANEKO Hiroyuki)
Among the fourteen haji earthenware dishes and bowls (including fragments), thirteen have ink inscriptions. They were excavated at the Shimofusa provincial temple site by HIRANO Motosaburo and TAKIGUCHI Hiroshi in 1932. The discovery of these vessels led to archaeologists' determination of the location of the Shimofusa provincial monastery and nunnery.
1.Nature of the data 33
2.Haji earthenware dishes and bowls with ink inscriptions 35
English table of contents 39
1998年3月31日発行
奈良国立文化財研究所史料 第49冊
縄文後期加曽利B式・中国地方陶棺・下総国分寺・尼寺資料
山内清男考古資料9
