Location Kanazawa University Museum

Suzu Ceramic pot excavated from Yochikyozuka Tumulus, Kahoku City

This item is a Suzu Ceramic pot excavated along with a bowl from Yochikyozuka Tumulus in Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture in 1890. It used to be included in the collection of Hokuriku Anthropology Society; it was handed down from Fourth High School, which was the leader of the society, to Kanazawa University. Suzu Ceramics are unglazed earthenware; they originated in the Suzu area of northern Noto region around the end of Heian period (late 12th century) and were widely used in the areas along the Sea of Japan in the Middle Ages. This item is presumed to have been made in the late 12th century, based on the form, and highly evaluated as a valuable completed article of early Suzu Ceramics. It is a 12.0cm-high middle-sized lipped bowl and is presumed to have been used as the lid of a pot that stored tubes containing Buddhist sutras. There is a part engraved with an abstract character inside.

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