Location Kanazawa University Museum
Stone pagoda body excavated from Kanazawa Castle Honmaru Site
- Display status
- No permanent display
- Period
- Muromachi period (middle 14th century)
- Form/Type
- Archaeological material
- Location
- Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Pref.
This item is a stone pagoda body that was placed at the tumulus of Honmaru Site of Kanazawa Castle. It was collected by INOUE Toshio (1923-1974), a historian of Kanazawa University, from the former campus in the castle. According to INOUE’s excavation survey in 1968, the tumulus is considered to have been formed during the Meiji period or later. The item is made of lapilli tuff and considered to be the body of multi-storied pagoda or hokyoin-style pagoda. There is a raised image of Amida Buddha on one side. On the both sides, the Brahmic script of “a”, which represents Mahāvairocana in the taizo world, is engraved in a circle with a lotus seat. This 43.4cm-high item is presumed to have been made around the middle of 14th century, judging from the features of engraving. This is a stone structure related to graves in the Middle Ages and a valuable material showing the condition before the construction of Kanazawa Castle.
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Established in 1989 to preserve and utilize valuable materials handed down from the predecessor school when the university campus was relocated from Kanazawa Castle Site. Former teaching materials such as beautifully shaped physics experiment apparatus and mushroom moulage specimens that allow you to observe mushrooms as they were 100 years ago are fun-to-see natural museum materials in the museum's collection. The museum also holds many archive such as timetables that show the hard work of medical students 100 years ago, as well as archaeological materials excavated within the campus.
Kakuma, Kanazawa, 920-1192 Google Maps
TEL 076-264-5215 E-mail museum@adm.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
