Asuka-Fujiwara

Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties is a cluster of archaeological sites from in and around the late sixth- to early eighth-century capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara-kyō, Nara Prefecture, Japan. In 2007 twenty-eight sites were submitted jointly for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List under criteria ii, iii, iv, v, and vi. Currently the submission resides on the Tentative List.[1][2]

Since 2011, the Cultural Landscape of the Asuka Hinterland has been protected as one of the Cultural Landscapes of Japan.[3] An area of 60 ha is also protected within the Asuka Historical National Government Park.[4] Related artefacts are housed at the Asuka Historical Museum.[5]

Sites

Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates
Ishibutai Kofun
石舞台古墳
Ishibutai kofun 		Asuka C7 kofun; the largest stone weighs over seventy-five tons; Special Historic Site[6][7] 34°28′01″N 135°49′34″E / 34.46686286°N 135.82612794°E
Takamatsuzuka Tomb
高松塚古墳
Takamatsuzuka kofun 		Asuka Special Historic Site with National Treasure wall paintings (detached in 2007) and ICP grave goods[8][9][10][11] 34°27′44″N 135°48′22″E / 34.46226847°N 135.80619935°E
Kitora Tomb
キトラ古墳
Kitora kofun 		Asuka Special Historic Site with wall paintings of the four directions and an astronomical chart, also recently detached[11][12] 34°27′04″N 135°48′19″E / 34.4510899°N 135.80516226°E
Kawara-dera Site
川原寺跡
Kawaradera ato 		Asuka Historic Site and temple complex with roof tiles that are "among the most beautiful ever made in Japan"[13][14] 34°28′21″N 135°49′03″E / 34.47249006°N 135.81740826°E
Daikandai-ji Site
大官大寺跡
Daikandaiji ato 		Asuka Historic Site and precursor to Daian-ji[14][15] 34°29′18″N 135°49′05″E / 34.48844301°N 135.81818651°E
Asagaotsuka Kofun
牽牛子塚古墳
Asagaotsuka kofun 		Asuka Historic Site with ICP grave goods[16][17] 34°27′59″N 135°47′32″E / 34.46638486°N 135.79233279°E
Nakaoyama Kofun
中尾山古墳
Nakaoyama kofun 		Asuka Historic Site[18] 34°27′51″N 135°48′22″E / 34.46422182°N 135.8059738°E
Sakafune Ishi Site
酒船石遺跡
Sakafune-ishi iseki 		Asuka Historic Site[19] 34°28′32″N 135°49′24″E / 34.47555984°N 135.82345272°E
Jōrin-ji Site
定林寺跡
Jōrinji ato 		Asuka Historic Site[20] 34°28′01″N 135°48′46″E / 34.46688944°N 135.81272012°E
Asuka-dera Site
飛鳥寺跡
Asukadera ato 		Asuka Historic Site[21] 34°28′43″N 135°49′14″E / 34.4784979°N 135.82058527°E
Tachibana-dera Precinct
橘寺境内
Tachibanadera keidai 		Asuka Historic Site[22] 34°28′12″N 135°49′04″E / 34.47008648°N 135.81773828°E
Iwayayama Kofun
岩屋山古墳
Iwayayama kofun 		Asuka Historic Site[23] 34°27′57″N 135°47′51″E / 34.46571205°N 135.79763412°E
Itabuki Palace Site
伝飛鳥板蓋宮跡
den Asuka Itabuki no miya ato 		Asuka Historic Site and one of the imperial palaces while the capital was at Asuka[24] 34°28′24″N 135°49′16″E / 34.47337281°N 135.82100944°E
Asuka Mizuochi Site
飛鳥水落遺跡
Asuka Mizuochi iseki 		Asuka Historic Site[25] 34°28′49″N 135°49′06″E / 34.48035257°N 135.81829106°E
Inabuchi Palace Site
飛鳥稲淵宮殿跡
Asuka Inabuchi kyūden ato 		Asuka Historic Site[26] 34°27′47″N 135°49′20″E / 34.46299334°N 135.82229861°E
Marukoyama Kofun
マルコ山古墳
Marukoyama kofun 		Asuka Historic Site[27] 34°27′39″N 135°47′26″E / 34.46096019°N 135.79068029°E
Asuka Pond Workshop Site
飛鳥池工房遺跡
Asuka-ike kōbō iseki 		Asuka Historic Site and government workshop, producing items of gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as lacquerware; also a mint[28][29] 34°28′38″N 135°49′21″E / 34.47728182°N 135.82244459°E
Hinokuma-dera Site
檜隈寺跡
Hinokumadera ato 		Asuka Historic Site and recipient in 686 of a thirty-year maintenance grant of a hundred households, as chronicled in Nihon Shoki[30][31][32] 34°27′24″N 135°48′11″E / 34.456757°N 135.803116°E
Asuka Palace Ponds
飛鳥京跡苑池
Asuka-kyō ato enchi 		Asuka Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty, a pair of ponds in gardens extending 80 metres E-W and at least 230 metres N-S and related to the Itabuki Palace[33][34] 34°28′30″N 135°49′07″E / 34.474987°N 135.818604°E
Oka-dera Site
岡寺跡
Okadera ato 		Asuka Historic Site[35][36] 34°28′18″N 135°49′41″E / 34.47165872°N 135.82804543°E
Yamada-dera Site
山田寺跡
Yamadadera ato 		Sakurai Special Historic Site with well-preserved ICP wooden corridors discovered in 1982[37][38][39] 34°29′03″N 135°49′48″E / 34.48404558°N 135.83012668°E
Fujiwara Palace Site
藤原宮跡
Fujiwara-kyū seki 		Kashihara Special Historic Site and former capital[40] 34°30′08″N 135°48′26″E / 34.50222329°N 135.80732073°E
Moto Yakushi-ji Site
本薬師寺跡
Moto Yakushiji ato 		Kashihara Special Historic Site and precursor to Yakushi-ji; established by Emperor Temmu for the recovery of Empress Jitō[14][41][42] 34°29′34″N 135°48′00″E / 34.49266238°N 135.7999852°E
Ueyama Kofun
植山古墳
Ueyama kofun 		Kashihara Historic Site unearthed during studies to reroute the city's roads, comprising two rectangular burial mounds c.13m long with stone chambers in a hill measuring 40x27m; of different construction dates in late C6 and C7[43][44] 34°28′35″N 135°48′14″E / 34.47635104°N 135.80402341°E
Maruyama Kofun
丸山古墳
Maruyama kofun 		Kashihara Historic Site investigated by William Gowland, a rectangular chamber with two sarcophagi, long corridor, and stone roof weighing in excess of a hundred tons[45][46] 34°28′36″N 135°47′53″E / 34.47661917°N 135.79816017°E
Shōbuike Kofun
菖蒲池古墳
Shōbuike kofun 		Kashihara Historic Site and C7 rectangular tumulus with two sarcophagi[47][48] 34°28′21″N 135°48′28″E / 34.47263012°N 135.80771678°E
Fujiwara-kyō Suzaku Avenue Site
藤原京朱雀大路跡
Fujiwara-kyō seki Suzaku-ōji ato 		Kashihara Historic Site (see also Suzakumon)[49] 34°29′46″N 135°48′27″E / 34.49613691°N 135.80745531°E
Yamato Sanzan
大和三山
Yamato sanzan 		Kashihara Place of Scenic Beauty and meisho celebrated in Japanese poetry [50] 34°30′54″N 135°48′20″E / 34.51488847°N 135.80560453°E

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties". UNESCO. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Monuments". Asuka Mura. Retrieved 2 Feb 2013.
  3. ↑ "奥飛鳥の文化的景観" [Cultural Landscape of the Asuka Hinterland]. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Asuka Historical National Government Park". Asuka Historical National Government Park. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Asuka Historical Museum". Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  6. ↑ 石舞台古墳 [Ishibutai Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ishibutai Kofun". Asuka Historical Museum. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  8. ↑ 高松塚古墳 [Takamatsuzuka Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  9. ↑ 高松塚古墳壁画 [Wall Paintings from the Takamatsuzuka Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  10. ↑ 高松塚古墳出土品 [Excavated Artefacts from the Takamatsuzuka Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 ""Conservation" of mural paintings of Takamatsuzuka and Kitora Tumuli Japan". French Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  12. ↑ キトラ古墳 [Kitora Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  13. ↑ 川原寺跡 [Kawaradera Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 McCallum, Donald F (2009). The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh-Century Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3114-1.
  15. ↑ "大官大寺跡" [Daikandaiji Site]. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  16. ↑ 牽牛子塚古墳 [Asagaotsuka Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  17. ↑ 大和国高市郡牽牛子塚古墳出土品 [Excavated Artefacts from the Asagaotsuka Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  18. ↑ 中尾山古墳 [Nakaoyama Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  19. ↑ 酒船石遺跡 [Sakafune Ishi Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  20. ↑ 定林寺跡 [Jōrinji Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  21. ↑ "飛鳥寺跡" [Asukadera Site]. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  22. ↑ 橘寺境内 [Tachibanadera Precinct] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  23. ↑ 岩屋山古墳 [Iwayama Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  24. ↑ 伝飛鳥板蓋宮跡 [Site known as the Asuka Itabuki Palace] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  25. ↑ "飛鳥水落遺跡" [Asuka Mizuochi Site]. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  26. ↑ "飛鳥稲淵宮殿跡" [Asuka Inabuchi Palace Site]. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  27. ↑ マルコ山古墳 [Marukoyama Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  28. ↑ 飛鳥池工房遺跡 [Asuka Pond Workshop Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  29. ↑ "Site of Asuka-ike workshop". Kashihara City. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  30. ↑ 檜隈寺跡 [Hinokumadera Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  31. ↑ "Site of Hinokuma-dera". Kashihara City. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  32. ↑ Aston, W.G (1972) [1896]. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 2. Tuttle. p. 379. ISBN 0-8048-0984-4.
  33. ↑ "飛鳥京跡苑池" [Asuka Palace Ponds]. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  34. ↑ 史跡 名勝 飛鳥京跡苑池 [Historic Site & Place of Scenic Beauty: Asuka Palace Pond] (in Japanese). Kashihara City. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  35. ↑ 岡寺跡 [Okadera Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  36. ↑ "Oka-dera". Asuka Historical Museum. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  37. ↑ 山田寺跡 [Yamadadera Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  38. ↑ 奈良県山田寺跡出土品 [Excavated Artefacts from Yamadadera] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  39. ↑ Parent, Mary Neighbour (1984). "Yamadadera: Tragedy and Triumph". Monumenta Nipponica (Sophia University) 39 (3): 307–331. doi:10.2307/2384596.
  40. ↑ 藤原宮跡 [Fujiwara Palace Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  41. ↑ 本薬師寺跡 [Moto Yakushiji Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  42. ↑ "Moto Yakushiji". Asuka Historical Museum. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  43. ↑ 植山古墳 [Ueyama Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  44. ↑ "Burial site unearthed in Nara". The Japan Times. 18 August 2000. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  45. ↑ 丸山古墳 [Maruyama Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  46. ↑ "Maruyama Kofun". Asuka Historical Museum. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  47. ↑ 菖蒲池古墳 [Shōbuike Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  48. ↑ "Shobu-ike Kofun". Asuka Historical Museum. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  49. ↑ 藤原京跡 朱雀大路跡 [Fujiwara-kyō Suzaku Avenue Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  50. ↑ 大和三山 [Yamato Sanzan] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012.

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