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Development of Japanese ancient culture and East Asia

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hand-axe

Kou site, Osaka prefecture

large coarse stone implement

Kokubudai site, Kagawa prefecture

backed point

Kitashirakawa Ogura-cho site, Kyoto prefecture

Jomon pottery, stone implements(axe, awl, scraper, polishing stone, arrowhead, stone sinker, grinding stone)

Shigasato site, Shiga prefecture

beads, Jomon pottery

various sites in Japan

beads, stone ear-rings, pulley-type earrings

Karako site, Nara prefecture

Yayoi pottery, stone implements (axe, awl, small knife, sickle (Ishi-bocho), bifaced dagger, arrowhead), wooden implements (axe handle, plow, hoe, bow, vessel), spindle wheel, bola stone, antler products, carbonized rice

Suku-Okamoto site, Fukuoka prefecture

urn coffin, bronze dagger, mirror decorated with leaves motif

Kouno site, Osaka prefecture

bronze bell (dotaku)

various sites in Japan

shell bracelet, bronze bracelet

Motoinari tumulus, Kyoto prefecture

cylindrical clay figurine (haniwa)

Shikinzan tumulus, Osaka prefecture

stone chamber (model)

Tsubai-Otsukayama tumulus, Kyoto prefecture

sankakuen-shinjukyo (bronze mirror)

Ikkisan-Choshizuka tumulus, Fukuoka prefecture

beads, sankakuen-shinjukyo (bronze mirror), sword with ring pommel, iron arrowhead

Terado-Otsuka tumulus, Kyoto prefecture

beads, sankakuen--butsujukyo (bronze mirror), transformed TLV mirror with four guardian spirits, bronze arrowhead, stone bracelet

Myokenyama tumulus, Kyoto prefecture

beads, sankakuen-shinjukyo (bronze mirror) cylindrical bronze implements, bronze arrowhead, iron arrowhead

An'yoji tumulus, Shiga prefecture

beads, talc imitation

Shin'yama tumulus, Nara prefecture

metal implement of belt

Anderayama tumulus, Kyoto prefecture

lid-shaped clay figurine (haniwa), quiver-shaped haniwa

Kutsugawa-kurumazuka tumulus, Kyoto prefecture

beads, talc imitation (comma-shaped bead, globular beads, knife)

Sakai city, Osaka prefecture

haniwa horse

Saitobaru tumulus, Miyazaki prefecture

burial mound (model), haniwa helmet and armor

Nigore tumulus, Kyoto prefecture

haniwa helmet and armor, stool-shaped haniwa

Tadehara, Yokosuka-city, Kanagawa prefecture

haniwa horse

Kamo-Inariyama tumulus, Shiga prefecture

harness, Sue pottery

Ishibutai tumulus, Nara prefecture

corridor style stone chamber (model)

Yukinodera temple, Shiga prefecture

earthen figure, wind bell, round eaves tile, flat eaves tile

Called Natsumi temple, Mie prefecture

tile, Buddha, round eaves tile, flat eaves tile

Ogurusu kiln, Kyoto prefecture

kiln for roof-tiles (model)

Puyo, Ch'ungeh'ongnamdo, Korea

round eaves tile

Asuka temple, Houryuji temple, Nara prefecture

round eaves tiles

Called Kitashirakawa temple, Kyoto prefecture

round eaves tile, flat eaves tile

Kutsukake ancient mound, Kyoto prefecture

beads, bronze bowl, bronze water bottle,

Kitamaidani ancient mound, Hyogo prefecture

gold bronze cinerary urn

Hirao, Otsu city, Shiga prefecture

cinerary urn

Gansu province, China

painted pottery

Chifenghongshanhou site, Inner Mongolia, China

painted pottery, coarse ceramic, stone implements (micro blade, axe, sickle, polishing stone, arrowhead, grinding stone), bronze dagger, mould, tuyere of bellows

Sipingshan site, Liaoning province, China

jade objects, black pottery, red pottery

Shanmashi site, Liaoning province, China

black pottery, polished stone arrowhead, bone and antler implements, bone dagger

Yangtouwa site, Liaoning province, China

black pottery, stone implements (sickle, polished stone arrowhead), spindle wheel, bone and antler implements, oracle bones

Called Shang capital site, Henan province, China

jade objects, bronze implements (basin-shaped bell, bell, helmet and Chinese halbard, socketed pike, arrowhead), bone arrowhead, marble table, oracle bones

Ranch-station east grave, Liaoning province, China

funeral earthen miniatures (vessels, oven, candlestick, well, house)

various sites in China

grave tile, bronze figurine, earthen figurin, funeral earthen miniatures (vessels, oven, hand mill, well, garden with a pond)

various sites in China

ceramic figurin, tri-color glazed ceramic (Tang style)

Shuan, Jilin province, China

funeral earthen miniatures (oven), yellow glaze ceramic

Shuan, Jilin province, China

grave tile, round eaves tile

Congju, Ch'ungeh'ongnamdo, Korea

grave tile

Puyo, Ch'ungeh'ongnamdo, Korea

round eaves tile, tile

Kyongju, Kyongsangbukto,KoreaInner Mongolia, China

gold crown (model), gold shoes (model), gold ear ornaments, earthen ware, round eaves tile, flat eaves tile, tilebronze dagger, bronze knife, bronze ornaments

Liaodong district, China

bronze dagger, dagger hilt, bronze socketed pike

various sites in China

mirror decorated with leaves motif, mirror decorated with stars-and-clouds design, mirror decorated with snake and dragon design, TLV mirror with four guardian spirits, curved dragon mirror, animal-belt mirror, sacred animals mirror, eight-ridged mirror,

Southern area in Kyoto prefecture

linked-arc mirror

various sites in China

sword-form coins, cloth-form coins, gibi coins, gold plate, round coins, mould for coins

Hakoishihama site, Kyoto prefecture

huoquan coin