List of Cultural Properties of Japan – archaeological materials (Nara)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of archaeological materials (考古資料, kōko shiryō) for the Prefecture of Nara.

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 November 2015, forty-eight Important Cultural Properties (including seven *National Treasures) have been designated, being of national significance.

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Ref.
*Objects used in the consecration of the Kōfuku-ji Kondō 興福寺金堂鎮壇具 Kōfukuji kondō chindangu	c.710	Tokyo	Kōfuku-ji (kept at Tokyo National Museum)			35°43′07″N 139°46′27″E	[1]
*Seven-Branched Sword 七支刀 shichi-shi tō	Kofun period	Tenri	Isonokami Jingū	replica pictured		34°35′52″N 135°47′35″E	[2]
*Fukubachi from the Ōbara-dera three-storey pagoda, Yamato Province 大和国粟原寺三重塔伏鉢 Yamato no kuni Ōbaradera sanjūnotō fusebachi	715	Nara	Tanzan Jinja (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[3]
*Objects used in the consecration of the Tōdai-ji Kondō 東大寺金堂鎭壇具 Tōdaiji kondō chindangu	c.750	Nara	Tōdai-ji (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[4]
*Artefacts excavated from Fujinoki Kofun, Nara Prefecture 奈良県藤ノ木古墳出土品 Nara-ken Fujinoki kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Kashihara	Agency for Cultural Affairs (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[5]
*Stone with Buddha footprint 仏足石 Bussokuseki	753	Nara	Yakushi-ji			34°40′07″N 135°47′04″E	[6]
*Stele with verses in praise of the stone with Buddha footprint 仏足跡歌碑 Bussokuseki kahi	c.750	Nara	Yakushi-ji			34°40′07″N 135°47′04″E	[7]
Artefacts excavated from the Hachigatamine Sutra Mound, Iki Province 壱岐形嶺経塚出土品 Iki Hachigatamine kyōzuka shutsudo-hin	1071	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[8]
Kasatōba 笠塔婆 kasatōba	1261	Nara	Hannya-ji	pair of kasatōba		34°42′00″N 135°50′10″E	[9]
Copper sutra container with talc outer container 滑石外筒／銅経筒／法華種子曼茶羅・真言等陰刻／伝福岡県出土 kasseki soto-zutsu dō kyōzutsu	1141	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum)	incised with a Lotus Seed Mandala; said to have been excavated in Fukuoka Prefecture		34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[10]
Gilt bronze epitaph for Yamashiro no Imiki Masaka 金銅山代忌寸真作墓誌 kondō Yamashiro no Imiki Masaka boshi	728	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[11]
Gilt bronze sutra container in the shape of a hōtō Bronze Nyorai 金銅宝塔形経筒 銅造如来立像 kondō hōtō-gata kyōzutsu dōzō Nyorai ryū-zō	1116	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[12][13]
Artefacts excavated from the platform of the Gangō-ji pagoda 元興寺塔址土壇出土品〈玉類銅銭其他一切／〉 Gangōji tō ato dodan shutsudo-hin (tamarui dōsen sonota issai)	Nara period	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[14]
Artefacts excavated from Takamatsuzuka Kofun 高松塚古墳出土品 Takamatsuzuka kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Asuka	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Asuka Historical Museum)			34°29′04″N 135°49′30″E	[15]
Artefacts excavated from the tomb of priest Dōyaku at Sai-dera 佐井寺僧道薬墓出土品 Saidera no sō Dōyaku bo shutsudo-hin	714	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[16]
Plaque with Buddhist Triad 三尊甎佛 sanzon senbutsu	Nara period	Nara	Ryōsen-ji			34°40′24″N 135°44′33″E	[17]
Haniwa in the form of a cow 埴輪牛 haniwa ushi	Kofun period	Tawaramoto	Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum			34°33′27″N 135°48′09″E	[18]
Haniwa in the form of a falconer 埴輪鷹狩男子像 haniwa takagari danshi zō	Kofun period	Nara	Kintetsu (kept at Yamato Bunkakan)			34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E	[19]
Haniwa in the form of a cross-legged boy 埴輪男子胡坐像 haniwa danshi koza-zō	Kofun period	Nara	Tenri University (kept at Tenri University Sankōkan Museum)			34°35′41″N 135°50′47″E	[20]
Haniwa in the form of a standing male 埴輪男子立像 haniwa danshi ryū-zō	Kofun period	Nara	Kintetsu (kept at Yamato Bunkakan)			34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E	[21]
Haniwa in the form of a standing armed boy 埴輪武装男子立像 haniwa busō danshi ryū-zō	Kofun period	Nara	Tenri University (kept at Tenri University Sankōkan Museum)			34°35′41″N 135°50′47″E	[22]
Earthenware vessel in the form of a water jar 水注形土器 suichū-gata doki	Yayoi period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[23]
Celadon bowl 青磁鉢／奈良県奈良市菩提山町正暦寺境内出土 seiji bachi	Kamakura period	Nara	Shōryaku-ji (正暦寺)	excavated from the precinct of Shōryaku-ji; from the Southern Song kilns at Longquan		34°38′41″N 135°52′06″E	[24]
Artefacts excavated from the Isonokami Jingū kinsokuchi 石上神宮禁足地出土品 Isonokami Jingū kinsokuchi shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[25]
Image of Zaō Gongen incised in a mirror 線刻蔵王権現鏡像 senkoku Zaō Gongen kyōzō	Heian period	Nara	Kimpusen-ji (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[26]
Epitaph of Ō no Yasumaro 太安萬侶墓誌／癸亥年七月六日在銘／奈良県奈良市此瀬町出土 Ō no Yasumaro boshi	723	Kashihara	Agency for Cultural Affairs (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[27]
Artefacts dedicated in a gorintō from Kakuan-ji, Yamato Province 大和額安寺五輪塔納置品 Yamato Gakuanji gorintō nōchi-hin	1303/26	Yamatokōriyama	Agency for Cultural Affairs (kept at Kakuan-ji (額安寺))			34°36′03″N 135°46′20″E	[28]
Artefacts excavated from Gobōyama No.3 Tumulus, Yamato Province 大和御坊山第三号墳出土品 Yamato Gobōyama daisan-gō fun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[29]
Artefacts excavated from the Kimpusen Sutra Mound, Yamato Province 大和国金峯山経塚出土品 Yamato no kuni Kinpusen kyōzuka shutsudo-hin	1007	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[30]
Artefacts excavated from Kengoshizuka Kofun, Takaichi District, Yamato Province 大和国高市郡牽牛子塚古墳出土品 Yamato no kuni Takaichi-gun Kengoshizuka kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[31]
Artefacts excavated from Obitokeyamamura Haiji, Yamato Province 大和国帯解山村廃寺出土品 Yamato no kuni Obitokeyamamura haiji shutsudo-hin	Nara period	Nara	Enshō-ji			34°38′37″N 135°50′44″E	[32]
Artefacts excavated from the tomb of Ninshō at Chikurin-ji, Yamato Province 大和竹林寺忍性墓出土品 Yamato Chikurinji Ninshō bo shutsudo-hin	Kamakura period	Nara	Chikurin-ji			34°40′21″N 135°42′12″E	[33]
Artefacts excavated from the Karako Site, Yamato Province 大和唐古遺跡出土品 Yamato no kuni Karako iseki shutsudo-hin	Yayoi period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[34]
Artefacts dedicated in the thirteen-storey stone pagoda at Hannya-ji, Yamato Province 大和般若寺石造十三重塔内納置品 Yamato Hannyaji sekizō jūsanjūnotō nai nōchi-hin	Nara to Meiji period	Nara	Hannya-ji			34°42′00″N 135°50′10″E	[35]
Bronze vessel dedicated at the central foundation stone of the pagoda at Hōrin-ji, Yamato Province 大和法輪寺塔心礎納置銅壺 Yamato Hōrinji tō shinso nōchi dōko	Asuka period	Ikaruga	Hōrin-ji			34°42′00″N 135°50′10″E	[36]
Iron shields 鉄盾 testsu tate	Kofun period	Tenri	Isonokami Jingū	pair of shields		34°35′52″N 135°47′35″E	[37]
Tile with tennin design 天人文甎 Tennin-mon sen	Nara period	Kyoto	Oka-dera (kept at Kyoto National Museum)			34°59′24″N 135°46′23″E	[38]
Artefacts excavated from Mesuriyama Kofun, Nara Prefecture 奈良県メスリ山古墳出土品 Nara-ken Mesuriyama kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[39]
Artefacts excavated from the Kashihara Site, Nara Prefecture 奈良県橿原遺跡出土品 Nara-ken Kashihara iseki shutsudo-hin	Jōmon period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[40]
Artefacts excavated an earthen grave in the old precinct of Kōfuku-ji, Nara Prefecture 奈良県興福寺旧境内土壙（一乗院宸殿跡下層）出土品 Nara-ken Kōfukuji kyū-keidai dokō (Ichijōin shinden ato kasō) shutsudo-hin	Nara period	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)	from the lower layer of the site of the Ichijō-in (一乗院) Shinden		34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[41]
Artefacts excavated from Kurozuka Kofun, Nara Prefecture 奈良県黒塚古墳出土品 Nara-ken Kurozuka kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Kashihara	Agency for Cultural Affairs (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[42]
Artefacts excavated from the site of Yamada-dera, Nara Prefecture 奈良県山田寺跡出土品 Nara-ken Yamadadera ato shutsudo-hin	Asuka to Heian period	Asuka	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Asuka Historical Museum)			34°29′04″N 135°49′30″E	[43]
Artefacts excavated from the Ōminesanchō Site, Nara Prefecture 奈良県大峯山頂遺跡出土品 Nara-ken Ōminesanchō iseki shutsudo-hin	Nara to Heian period	Kashihara	Kimpusen-ji (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[44]
Artefacts excavated from Tenjinyama Kofun, Nara Prefecture 奈良県天神山古墳出土品 Nara-ken Tenjinyama kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Nara	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[45]
Artefacts excavated from Shimanoyama Kofun, Nara Prefecture 奈良県島の山古墳出土品 Nara-ken Shimanoyama kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Kashihara	Agency for Cultural Affairs (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E	[46]
Tile with phoenix design 鳳凰文甎 hōō-mon sen	Nara period	Takatori	Minami Hokke-ji (南法華寺)			34°25′34″N 135°48′37″E	[47]
Wooden miniature hyakumantō Wooden pagoda with fragmentary lotus pedestal Wooden pagoda with lotus pedestal 木造百万小塔 木造十万節塔（残欠蓮座付） 木造一万節塔（蓮座付） mokuzō hyakumanshōtō mokuzō jūmansetsutō (zanketsu renge-zatsu ki) mokuzō ichimansetsutō (renge-zatsu ki)	770	Nara	Hōryū-ji	one hundred miniature wooden pagodas, with two further wooden pagodas		34°36′51″N 135°44′08″E	[48] [49] [50]
Shibi fragments 鴟尾残闕 shibi zanketsu	Asuka period	Nara	Hōrin-ji (kept at Nara National Museum)			34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E	[51]

This list is complete and up to date as of November 2015.

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2015, fourteen properties have been designated at a prefectural level.

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Ref.
Old mirror 古鏡 ko-kyō	Nara period	Nara	private	one mirror			for all refs see [52]
Wooden coffins excavated from the Mikuradō Pond 三倉堂池出土木棺 Mikuradō-ike shutsudo mokkan	late Kofun period	Yamatotakada	Yamatotakada City	six coffins
Large Sue ware vessel 須恵大甕 Sue ō-kame	late Kofun period	Tenri	Isonokami Jingū			34°35′53″N 135°51′07″E
Jewel-headed tachi 圭頭大刀 Keitō tachi	Asuka period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)	one item		34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E
Dōtaku 銅鐸 Dōtaku	mid-Yayoi period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)	one item		34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E
Artefacts excavated from Shimoikeyama Kofun 下池山古墳出土品 Shimoikeyama kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E
Wooden coffin excavated from Yamato Tenjinyama Kofun 大和天神山古墳出土木棺 Yamato Tenjinyama kofun shutsudo mokkan	early Kofun period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)	fragments from one burial		34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E
Artefacts excavated from Hokenoyama Kofun ホケノ山古墳出土品 Hokenoyama kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Kashihara	Nara Prefecture (kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture)			34°29′32″N 135°47′29″E
Dōtaku with surplice design 袈裟襷文銅鐸 Kesadasuki-mon dōtaku	late Yayoi period	Sakurai	Sakurai City	one item
Artefacts excavated from Kanmakikudo No.3 Tumulus 上牧久渡3号墳出土品 Kanmakikudo san-gō-fun shutsudo-hin	early Kofun period	Kanmaki	Kanmaki Town
Stone tō and reliquary excavated from Daruma-ji 達磨寺出土石塔及び舎利容器 Darumaji shutsudo seki-tō oyobi shari yōki	Kamakura period	Ōji	Daruma-ji (達磨寺)			34°35′23″N 135°42′25″E
Artefacts dedicated in a gorintō from Sugō-ji 菅生寺五輪塔納置品 Sugōji gorintō nōchi-hin	Yuan dynasty/Kamakura period	Yoshino	Yoshino Town
Artefacts excavated from Miyataki Site 宮滝遺跡出土品 Miyataki iseki shutsudo-hin	Jōmon period	Yoshino	Yoshino Town	1,621 items
Fragments of a hairline-engraved image of Zaō Gongen excavated from Mount Ōmine 大峯山出土蔵王権現毛彫像残欠 Ōminesan shutsudo Zaō Gongen kechōzō zanketsu	Heian period	Tenkawa	Ryūsen-ji (龍泉寺)			34°16′09″N 135°52′44″E

This list is complete and up to date as of November 2015.

Municipal Cultural Properties

Properties designated at a municipal level include:

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Ref.
Mirror inscribed with a triangle pattern, deities, and beasts 三角縁吾作銘二神二獣鏡 sankaku buchi gosaku mei nishin nijū kyō	C3	Nara	Miroku-ji (弥勒寺)	designation includes accompanying two accompanying documents		34°40′18″N 135°44′54″E	[53]
Artefacts excavated from Benshozuka Kofun ベンショ塚古墳出土品 Benshozuka kofun shutsudo-hin	Kofun period	Nara	Nara City (kept at Nara City Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre)			34°40′13″N 135°48′13″E	[54]
House-shaped haniwa and haniwa fragments excavated from Sugiyama Kofun 杉山古墳出土家形埴輪 附 埴輪残欠一括 Sugiyama kofun shutsudo iegata haniwa tsuketari haniwa zanketsu ikkatsu	Kofun period	Nara	Nara City (kept at Nara City Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre)			34°40′13″N 135°48′13″E	[55]
Copper vessel-shaped weight 銅製壷形分銅 dōsei tsubo katachi fundō	Nara period	Nara	Nara City (kept at Nara City Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre)	one item		34°40′13″N 135°48′13″E	[56]
Jingū-kaihō casting equipment excavated from the Heijō-kyō Sakyō Rokujō Ichibō Jūroku Tsubo Site 平城京左京六条一坊十六坪出土神功開宝鋳銭遺物 Heijō-kyō Sakyō Rokujō Ichibō jūroku tsubo shutsudo jingū kaihō chūsen ibutsu	Nara period	Nara	Nara City (kept at Nara City Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre)	forty-seven items, including four crucibles		34°40′13″N 135°48′13″E	[57]
Kōfuku-ji mandala stone 興福寺曼荼羅石 Kōfukuji mandara ishi	Kamakura period	Nara	Jūrin-in (十輪院)			34°40′35″N 135°50′00″E	[58]
Earthenware with line-engraved human figures excavated from the Tsuboi Site 坪井遺跡出土 人物線刻画土器 Tsuboi iseki shutsudo jinbutsu senkoku-ga doki	mid-Yayoi period	Kashihara	Kashihara Museum of History (橿原市歴史に憩う橿原市博物館)			34°28′46″N 135°46′19″E	[59]

See also

• List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)
• Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

External links

• (in Japanese) Cultural Properties in Nara Prefecture