Asuka-Fujiwara Explained

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 the ii, iii, iv, v, and vi criteria. Currently, the submission is listed 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

SiteMunicipalityCommentsImageCoordinates
Ishibutai Kofun

Ishibutai kofun 		C7 kofun; the largest stone weighs over seventy-five tons; Special Historic Site[6] [7] 34.4669°N 135.8261°W
Takamatsuzuka Tomb

Takamatsuzuka kofun 		Special Historic Site with National Treasure wall paintings (detached in 2007) and ICP grave goods[8] [9] [10] [11] 34.4623°N 135.8062°W
Kitora Tomb

Kitora kofun 		Special Historic Site with wall paintings of the four directions and an astronomical chart, also recently detached[12] 34.4511°N 135.8052°W
Kawara-dera Site

Kawaradera ato 		Historic Site and temple complex with roof tiles that are "among the most beautiful ever made in Japan"[13] [14] 34.4725°N 135.8174°W
Daikandai-ji Site

Daikandaiji ato 		Historic Site and precursor to Daian-ji[15] 34.4884°N 135.8182°W
Asagaotsuka Kofun

Asagaotsuka kofun 		Historic Site with ICP grave goods[16] [17] 34.4664°N 135.7923°W
Nakaoyama Kofun

Nakaoyama kofun 		Historic Site[18] 34.4642°N 135.806°W
Sakafune Ishi Site

Sakafune-ishi iseki 		Historic Site[19] 34.4756°N 135.8235°W
Jōrin-ji Site

Jōrinji ato 		Historic Site[20] 34.4669°N 135.8127°W
Asuka-dera Site

Asukadera ato 		Historic Site[21] 34.4785°N 135.8206°W
Tachibana-dera Precinct

Tachibanadera keidai 		Historic Site[22] 34.4701°N 135.8177°W


Iwayayama kofun 		Historic Site[23] 34.4657°N 135.7976°W
Itabuki Palace Site

den Asuka Itabuki no miya ato 		Historic Site and one of the imperial palaces while the capital was at Asuka[24] 34.4734°N 135.821°W
Asuka Mizuochi Site

Asuka Mizuochi iseki 		Historic Site[25] 34.4804°N 135.8183°W
Inabuchi Palace Site

Asuka Inabuchi kyūden ato 		Historic Site[26] 34.463°N 135.8223°W
Marukoyama Kofun

Marukoyama kofun 		Historic Site[27] 34.461°N 135.7907°W
Asuka Pond Workshop Site

Asuka-ike kōbō iseki 		Historic Site and government workshop, producing items of gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as lacquerware; also a mint[28] [29] 34.4773°N 135.8224°W
Hinokuma-dera Site

Hinokumadera ato 		Historic Site and recipient in 686 of a thirty-year maintenance grant of a hundred households, as chronicled in Nihon Shoki[30] [31] [32] 34.4568°N 135.8031°W
Asuka Palace Ponds

Asuka-kyō ato enchi 		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] 34.475°N 135.8186°W
Oka-dera Site

Okadera ato 		Historic Site[35] [36] 34.4717°N 135.828°W
Yamada-dera Site

Yamadadera ato 		Special Historic Site with well-preserved ICP wooden corridors discovered in 1982[37] [38] [39] 34.484°N 135.8301°W
Fujiwara Palace Site

Fujiwara-kyū seki 		Special Historic Site and former capital[40] 34.5022°N 135.8073°W
Moto Yakushi-ji Site

Moto Yakushiji ato 		Special Historic Site and precursor to Yakushi-ji; established by Emperor Temmu for the recovery of Empress Jitō[41] [42] 34.4927°N 135.8°W
Ueyama Kofun

Ueyama kofun 		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] 34.4764°N 135.804°W
Maruyama Kofun

Maruyama kofun 		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] 34.4766°N 135.7982°W
Shōbuike Kofun

Shōbuike kofun 		Historic Site and C7 rectangular tumulus with two sarcophagi[47] [48] 34.4726°N 135.8077°W
Fujiwara-kyō Suzaku Avenue Site

Fujiwara-kyō seki Suzaku-ōji ato 		Historic Site (see also Suzakumon)[49] 34.4961°N 135.8075°W
Yamato Sanzan

Yamato sanzan 		Place of Scenic Beauty and meisho celebrated in Japanese poetry[50] 34.5149°N 135.8056°W

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties . . 14 May 2011.
  2. Web site: Monuments . . 2 Feb 2013.
  3. Web site: 奥飛鳥の文化的景観 . Cultural Landscape of the Asuka Hinterland . . 12 June 2012.
  4. Web site: Asuka Historical National Government Park . . 12 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106114631/http://www.asuka-park.go.jp/asuka_en/index.html . 6 November 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Asuka Historical Museum . . 12 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121211021525/http://www.nabunken.go.jp/english/asuka.html . 11 December 2012 .
  6. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1984 . ja:石舞台古墳 . Ishibutai Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  7. Web site: Ishibutai Kofun . Asuka Historical Museum . 14 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110424075726/http://asukanet.gr.jp/ASUKA2/ASUKAKOFUN/isibutaiK.html. 24 April 2011 . live.
  8. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2020 . ja:高松塚古墳 . Takamatsuzuka Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  9. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/157 . ja:高松塚古墳壁画 . Wall Paintings from the Takamatsuzuka Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  10. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/9951 . ja:高松塚古墳出土品 . Excavated Artefacts from the Takamatsuzuka Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  11. Web site: "Conservation" of mural paintings of Takamatsuzuka and Kitora Tumuli Japan . . 14 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105183833/http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/dp/archeo/pdf/lascaux_ishizaki.pdf . 5 November 2012 .
  12. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3293 . ja:キトラ古墳 . Kitora Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  13. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1932 . ja:川原寺跡 . Kawaradera Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  14. Book: The Four Great Temples: Buddhist Archaeology, Architecture, and Icons of Seventh-Century Japan . McCallum, Donald F . . 2009 . 978-0-8248-3114-1.
  15. Web site: 大官大寺跡 . Daikandaiji Site . . 12 June 2012.
  16. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1945 . ja:牽牛子塚古墳 . Asagaotsuka Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  17. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/9725 . ja:大和国高市郡牽牛子塚古墳出土品 . Excavated Artefacts from the Asagaotsuka Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  18. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1961 . ja:中尾山古墳 . Nakaoyama Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  19. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1963 . ja:酒船石遺跡 . Sakafune Ishi Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  20. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2007 . ja:定林寺跡 . Jōrinji Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  21. Web site: 飛鳥寺跡 . Asukadera Site . . 12 June 2012.
  22. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2009 . ja:橘寺境内 . Tachibanadera Precinct . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  23. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2012 . ja:岩屋山古墳 . Iwayama Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  24. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2019 . ja:伝飛鳥板蓋宮跡 . Site known as the Asuka Itabuki Palace . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  25. Web site: 飛鳥水落遺跡 . Asuka Mizuochi Site . . 12 June 2012.
  26. Web site: 飛鳥稲淵宮殿跡 . Asuka Inabuchi Palace Site . . 12 June 2012.
  27. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2038 . ja:マルコ山古墳 . Marukoyama Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  28. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3302 . ja:飛鳥池工房遺跡 . Asuka Pond Workshop Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  29. Web site: Site of Asuka-ike workshop . . 14 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165305/http://www.city.kashihara.nara.jp/kankou/own_sekaiisan/sekaiisan/kouseiisan/asukaike.html . 21 July 2011 .
  30. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003442 . ja:檜隈寺跡 . Hinokumadera Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  31. Web site: Site of Hinokuma-dera . . 14 May 2011.
  32. Book: Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 . Aston, W.G. . William George Aston . 1972 . 1896 . . 0-8048-0984-4 . 2 . 379.
  33. Web site: 飛鳥京跡苑池 . Asuka Palace Ponds . . 12 June 2012.
  34. Web site: http://www.city.kashihara.nara.jp/kankou/own_sekaiisan/sekaiisan/kouseiisan/asuka_enchi.html . ja:史跡 名勝 飛鳥京跡苑池 . Historic Site & Place of Scenic Beauty: Asuka Palace Pond . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  35. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003465 . ja:岡寺跡 . Okadera Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  36. Web site: Oka-dera . Asuka Historical Museum . 14 May 2011.
  37. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1931 . ja:山田寺跡 . Yamadadera Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  38. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011269 . ja:奈良県山田寺跡出土品 . Excavated Artefacts from Yamadadera . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  39. Yamadadera: Tragedy and Triumph . Parent, Mary Neighbour . . . 39 . 3 . 1984 . 307–331 . 10.2307/2384596. 2384596 .
  40. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1989 . ja:藤原宮跡 . Fujiwara Palace Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  41. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1934 . ja:本薬師寺跡 . Moto Yakushiji Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  42. Web site: Moto Yakushiji . Asuka Historical Museum . 14 May 2011.
  43. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3324 . ja:植山古墳 . Ueyama Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  44. News: Burial site unearthed in Nara . . 18 August 2000 . 15 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061009075833/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?nn20000818a2.htm . 9 October 2006 .
  45. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2013 . ja:丸山古墳 . Maruyama Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  46. Web site: Maruyama Kofun . Asuka Historical Museum . 14 May 2011.
  47. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/1962 . ja:菖蒲池古墳 . Shōbuike Kofun . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  48. Web site: Shobu-ike Kofun . Asuka Historical Museum . 14 May 2011.
  49. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2031 . ja:藤原京跡 朱雀大路跡 . Fujiwara-kyō Suzaku Avenue Site . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.
  50. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003462 . ja:大和三山 . Yamato Sanzan . Japanese . . 12 June 2012.

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