| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The house-shaped haniwa (clay figure) is representative of a wide variety of figural haniwa. They were the first to appear among other types of haniwa and continued to be produced until the creation of keyhole-shaped tombs ceased. It is believed they symbolically reflect how settlements and houses looked, or else people’s view of the world (after death) of the Kofun Period (ca. mid-3rd century-ca. 7th century).This research was conducted to analyze funeral rites at tumuli, which played a significant role in regional integration of the Japanese archipelago, with the aim of revealing people’s view of the world (after death) in the Kofun period, during which the nation of Japan was being formed. The research was carried out by examining the group composition and hierarchy of the house-shaped haniwa, and comparing them with the architecture and house-shaped objects found in ancient agricultural societies in East Asia.
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