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Objects from Sutra Mound at Matsuoka

Museum No.
JK212

The votive offerings excavated from the sutra mound at Matsuoka, representative of the area of north-eastern Japan, were incidentally discovered by villagers in 1954. The mound lying between low rolling hills was made with river stones and gives years in an inscription making it datable to around the 12th c.

Japan-Heian

Title Objects from Sutra Mound at Matsuoka
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Category Archaeology (J)
Country Japan
Period Heian
Century 12th
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