Location Hakui History and Folklore Museum
Yoshisaki Suba Site Artifact: Mirror with Interconnected Arc
- Display status
- On display
- Period
- Yayoi Period
- Form/Type
- Archaeological material
- Location
- Hakui City
Bronze mirrors from the late Yayoi period have been unearthed at the Yoshisaki Suba Site, a Nationally Designated Historical Site. There are only a few sites in Ishikawa Prefecture where “Yayoi mirrors” have been excavated, and this is the only one in Noto. It is believed that this interconnected arc pattern, referred to as “naikokamon”, dates back to bronze mirrors in China and was transmitted from the continent to Hakui (Hokuriku region) via Kitakyushu City and San-in regions, where the pattern was imitated and simplified. There are only a limited number of villages in the Hokuriku region that have ritual implements made of bronze, and it is said that the Yoshisaki Suba Site was the base village that became the advanced area of the Yayoi culture in Noto.
Bronze mirrors are ritual implements used for praying to the gods. Just as spring and autumn festivals are still held in various villages in the city, it can be imagined that prayers for rice cultivation and harvest festivals were held using this mirror in Yayoi villages in Hakui.
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A local history museum that opened in 1983. They collect materials that convey the history and culture of Hakui City (archaeological materials, historical materials, folk implements, etc.), preserve them, conduct research on them and display them publicly. The folk implements exhibition room on the first floor explains the tools used in Hakui's past way of living. The history exhibition room on the second floor displays valuable excavated items mainly from the Yoshisaki-Suba Site, a Nationally Designated Historic Site, and the Jike Site, as well as historical materials such as ancient documents. They also hold ancient experience classes and events such as magatama (comma-shaped stone bead) making and fire starting experiences. Please feel free to stop by and experience the history of Hakui.
38-1 Tsurutada, Tsurutamachi, Hakui, 925-0027 Google Maps
TEL 0767-22-5998 E-mail post@city.hakui.lg.jp
