Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore
August 27, 2023
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore (和歌山県立紀伊風土記の丘, Wakayama kenritsu fudoki-no-oka) is an archaeology museum located in the outskirts of the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in August 1971 with the main purpose of preserving, researching, and displaying artifacts from the Iwase-Senzuka Kofun Cluster, a Special National Historic Site. [1]
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore
和歌山県立紀伊風土記の丘
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore
The museum encompasses a 65 hectare area containing about 400 kofunburial mounds, restored pit dwellings, relocated old folk houses of the Edo period (including two which are designated Important Cultural Properties, and a botanical garden. The museum building itself was built by donations from Matsushita Konosuke, the industrialist who founded Panasonic, and is styled after a raised-floor warehouse from the Yayoi period, and is covered with the same type of stone used in the burial chambers of the tumuli in the adjacent Iwase-Senzuka Kofun Cluster. The museum contains items excavated from these kofun, as well as pottery excavated from the ruins of Negoro-ji and other locations and folk implements.
wakayama, prefecture, fudoki, museum, archaeology, folklore, 和歌山県立紀伊風土記の丘, wakayama, kenritsu, fudoki, archaeology, museum, located, outskirts, city, wakayama, wakayama, prefecture, japan, opened, august, 1971, with, main, purpose, preserving, researching, dis. Wakayama Prefecture Kii fudoki no oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore 和歌山県立紀伊風土記の丘 Wakayama kenritsu fudoki no oka is an archaeology museum located in the outskirts of the city of Wakayama Wakayama Prefecture Japan It was opened in August 1971 with the main purpose of preserving researching and displaying artifacts from the Iwase Senzuka Kofun Cluster a Special National Historic Site 1 Wakayama Prefecture Kii fudoki no oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore和歌山県立紀伊風土記の丘Wakayama Prefecture Kii fudoki no oka Museum of Archaeology and FolkloreGeneral informationAddress1411 IwaseTown or cityWakayama Wakayama PrefectureCountryJapanCoordinates34 13 40 N 135 13 47 E 34 227842 N 135 229640 E 34 227842 135 229640OpenedAugust 1971Technical detailsFloor area1 687m2WebsitejaThe museum encompasses a 65 hectare area containing about 400 kofun burial mounds restored pit dwellings relocated old folk houses of the Edo period including two which are designated Important Cultural Properties and a botanical garden The museum building itself was built by donations from Matsushita Konosuke the industrialist who founded Panasonic and is styled after a raised floor warehouse from the Yayoi period and is covered with the same type of stone used in the burial chambers of the tumuli in the adjacent Iwase Senzuka Kofun Cluster The museum contains items excavated from these kofun as well as pottery excavated from the ruins of Negoro ji and other locations and folk implements Contents 1 Gallery 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksGallery Edit Yanagawa house ICP restored pit dwelling Kofun period materials from Dainichiyama No 35 Kofun Fragments of haniwaSee also Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kiifudoki no oka Museum of History Wakayama Prefectural Museum List of Cultural Properties of Japan archaeological materials Wakayama References Edit 和歌山県立紀伊風土記の丘 Wakayama Prefecture Kii fudoki no oka in Japanese Wakayama Prefecture Kii fudoki no oka Retrieved 3 February 2015 External links Edit Media related to Kiifudoki no oka Museum of History at Wikimedia Commons Wakayama Prefecture Kii fudoki no oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore in Japanese This article related to a museum in Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wakayama Prefecture Kii fudoki no oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore amp oldid 1063395218, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
