{"id":16,"date":"2015-04-10T15:43:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T06:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2015-05-18T11:13:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T02:13:15","slug":"jomon-gallery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/fhgo\/jomon-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRed Brick\u201d Exhibition of Jomon Artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-main wp-image-2700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MG_0482-240x160.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cRed Brick\u201d Exhibition of Jomon Artifacts\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/>In recent years, Hokkaido, in cooperation with three other prefectures (Aomori, Akita and Iwate) and related municipalities, has been seeking to obtain world heritage listing for the Jomon archaeological sites in Hokkaido and northern Tohoku by proactively introducing the value and fascination of the Jomon remains to numerous people throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cRed Brick\u201d Exhibition of Jomon Artifacts is held in Gallery of Hokkaido&#8217;s History on the 2nd floor of The Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, and serves as a straightforward introduction to the Jomon culture of Hokkaido.<\/p>\n<p>Various artifacts from the Jomon archaeological sites are exhibited, including Hokkaido\u2019s only national treasure, the Hollow Clay Figurine (Chuku-Dogu). Though the figurine is a replica, it is an elaborately created artwork, looking exactly the same as the real one. These artifacts are exhibited with panels in English and Japanese, and five kinds of leaflets on the Jomon Archaeological Sites in four languages (Japanese, English, both simplified and traditional versions of Chinese, and Korean) are available.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in the Jomon culture in Hokkaido and Northern Tohoku, you must visit this exhibition.<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\n* Open seven days a week from 8:45 to 18:00, excluding the year-end and New Year holidays (from December 29 to January 3)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>* Admission free<\/small><\/p>\n<h3>Exhibits as of March 1, 2015 (235 pieces)<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sub-mes\"><small>* Artifacts without chronological order or owner are considered the property of the Hokkaido Government Board of Education.<\/small><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Grindstones (5 pieces)<\/th>\n<td class=\"tri\">Kitakogane Shell Midden, Date City \/ Latter half of the early Jomon period (approx. 5,500\u20135,000 years ago)<\/td>\n<td class=\"tri\">Property of the Date City Board of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Shell beads (7 pieces) \/ fishhooks (3 pieces) \/ harpoon heads (3 pieces) \/ needles (2 pieces)<\/th>\n<td>Irie Shell Midden, Toyako-cho<br \/>\nFormer half of the late Jomon period (approx. 4,000 years ago)<\/td>\n<td>Property of the Toyako-cho Board of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Clay figurine \u2013 national treasure (replica: 1 piece)<\/th>\n<td>Chobonaino Site, Hakodate City<br \/>\nLatter half of the late Jomon period (approx. 3,500years ago)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Clay and stone objects processed into triangles and circles (26 pieces)<\/th>\n<td>Washinoki Site and Washinoki 4 Site, Mori-cho; Sanjiro River Right Bank Site \/ Former half of the late Jomon period (approx. 4,000 years ago)<\/td>\n<td>Property of the Mori-cho Board of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Bell-shaped clay objects (3 pieces)<\/th>\n<td>Washinoki Site and Washinoki 4 Site, Mori-cho<br \/>\nFormer half of the late Jomon period (approx. 4,000 years ago)<\/td>\n<td>Property of the Mori-cho Board of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Stone crown (1 piece)<\/th>\n<td>Washinoki 4 Site, Mori-cho \/ Former half of the late Jomon period (approx. 4,000 years ago)<\/td>\n<td>Property of the Mori-cho Board of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Clay vessels (2 pieces)<\/th>\n<td>Washinoki 4 Site, Mori-cho \/ Former half of the late Jomon period (approx. 4,000 years ago)<\/td>\n<td>Property of the Mori-cho Board of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jade beads (11 pieces) \/ clay vessels (7 pieces) \/ spouted circular vessel (1 piece)<\/th>\n<td>Kiusu 4 Site, Chitose City<br \/>\nLatter half of the late Jomon period (approx. 3,500 year ago)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Lacquered bracelets (replica: 4 pieces), artifacts from the burial pit of Hokkaido Karinba Remains \u2013 national important cultural property<\/th>\n<td>Karinba Site, Eniwa City<br \/>\nBeginning of the final Jomon period (approx.3,300 years ago)<\/td>\n<td>Property of the Eniwa City Board of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Stone clubs (2 pieces)<\/th>\n<td>Bibi 4 Site, Chitose City<br \/>\nBeginning of the final Jomon period (approx.3,300 years ago)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2701 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MG_0468-340x227.jpg\" alt=\"Red Brick Exhibition of Jomon Artifacts\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2702 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MG_0475-340x227.jpg\" alt=\"Red Brick Exhibition of Jomon Artifacts\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2709 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MG_0471-340x227.jpg\" alt=\"Red Brick Exhibition of Jomon Artifacts\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2710 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/ja\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MG_0472-340x227.jpg\" alt=\"Red Brick Exhibition of Jomon Artifacts\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"topic\">\n<h4>Inquiries<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li><span class=\"zen\">Tel<\/span>011-204-5168\uff08World Heritage Jomon Remains Promotion Office\uff09<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, Hokkaido, in cooperation with three other prefectures (Aomori, Akita and Iwate) and related municipalities, has been seeking to obtain world heritage listing for the Jomon archaeological sites in Hokkaido and northern Tohoku by proactively introducing the value and fascination of the Jomon remains to numerous people throughout the world. The \u201cRed Brick\u201d Exhibition of Jomon Artifacts is held in Gallery of Hokkaido&#8217;s History on the 2nd floor of The Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, and serves as a straightforward introduction to the Jomon culture of Hokkaido. Various artifacts from the Jomon archaeological sites are exhibited, including Hokkaido\u2019s only national treasure, the Hollow Clay Figurine (Chuku-Dogu). Though the figurine is a replica, it is an elaborately created artwork, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/1421"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akarenga-h.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}