Jomon Potteries in Idojiri Vol.1

The Idojiri Archaeological Musuem that is located at the foot of Yatsugatake Mountains in Nagano, Japan is well known for the excellent collections of Jomon Potteries of about 5,000 years B.P. And till today the research has been continued to ascertain the view of the world of those days based on the study of Jomon Farming and Earthenware Iconography. At the Idojiri Archaeological Museum, we have been creating an image database of those potteries since 1996. And, at this time, we decided to publish a series of catalog for each ruins in the manner of Publishing On Demand toward the world. This catalog is the Vol.1 and contains 10 masterpieces of Jomon potteries excavated in Tounai ruins and registered as National Important Cultural Properties. The commentaries on each potteries and excavation sites were written and compiled based on the report "Tounai, the center of prehistoric philosophy" that was published in 2011. As for the photos, we selected at least three photos for each pottery from the multi-view photos that were shot for creating the image database and laid out one photo by one page. The contents are as shown below.

Excavation Reports:

Jomon Ruins in Idojiri and the Excavations.

Discovery and Excavations of Tounai Ruins.

Catalog:



Cylindrical vessel with a statue of God

Bowl with frog pattern

Big bowl with eyes on four sides

Cylindrical vessel with compartment pattern

Cylindrical vessel with cross pattern

Deep bowl with a statue of one-eyed God

Cylindrical deep bowl with oval compartment pattern

Deep bowl with non-decorative edge

Deep bowl with two eyes and snake pattern

Deep bowl with deformed Mizuchi (legend mythical snake-like beast) pattern