Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore is an archaeology museum located in the outskirts of the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in August 1971 with the main purpose of preserving, researching, and displaying artifacts from the Iwase-Senzuka Kofun Cluster, a Special National Historic Site. The museum encompasses a 65 hectare area containing about 400 kofun burial mounds, restored pit dwellings, relocated old folk houses of the Edo period (including two which are designated Important Cultural Properties, and a botanical garden.
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- 1971
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Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore is an archaeology museum located in the outskirts of the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in August 1971 with the main purpose of preserving, researching, and displaying artifacts from the Iwase-Senzuka Kofun Cluster, a Special National Historic Site. The museum encompasses a 65 hectare area containing about 400 kofun burial mounds, restored pit dwellings, relocated old folk houses of the Edo period (including two which are designated Important Cultural Properties, and a botanical garden.
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The museum building itself was built by donations from Matsushita Konosuke, the industrialist who founded Panasonic, and is styled after a raised-floor warehouse from the Yayoi period, and is covered with the same type of stone used in the burial chambers of the tumuli in the adjacent Iwase-Senzuka Kofun Cluster. The museum contains items excavated from these kofun, as well as pottery excavated from the ruins of Negoro-ji and other locations and folk implements.
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• Name — Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore • Native Name — 和歌山県立紀伊風土記の丘 • Address — 1411 Iwase • Location Town — Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture • Location Country — Japan • Opened Date — August 1971 • Floor Area — 1,687m2 • Website — ja
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• Illustration — Yanagawa house (ICP) • Illustration — restored pit dwelling • Illustration — Kofun period materials from Dainichiyama No.35 Kofun • Illustration — Fragments of haniwa
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1971
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1971
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore is recorded from 1971.
1971
Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore was established or created in 1971.
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The circumstances in which Wakayama Prefecture Kii-fudoki-no-oka Museum of Archaeology and Folklore stands. Established or created in 1971. Situated in Japan. Folklore lies within Wakayama. Constitution and standing. It is classified as archaeological museum and Fudoki no oka. It works in Iwase Senzuka Kofun Group. It comprises Man'yō Botanical Garden (Wakayama).
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