Location Hakui History and Folklore Museum
Yoshisaki Suba Site Artifact:
Mold Piece of Dotaku, Bronz Bell
- Display status
- No permanent display
- Period
- Yayoi Period
- Form/Type
- Archaeological material
- Location
- Hakui City
When we think of the Yayoi period, we think of rice cultivation and bronze implement rituals. At the Yoshisaki Suba Site, a domestically manufactured bronze mirror referred to as a “mirror with interconnected arc” was unearthed, as well as fragments of molds used to make dotaku (bronze bells of the Yayoi period). At first glance, it may look like a coarse lump of earth, however there are parts that have turned red due to exposure to high temperatures, which indicates that it is a piece of a mold used to cast bronzeware. Bronze culture was also transmitted in Yayoi period Hakui.
Bronze casting technology was the most advanced technology at the time. Bronze molds are rarely found in typical village sites. The Yoshisaki Suba Site clearly shows that ancient Hakui was a place where Yayoi culture was advanced.
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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
