Multidimensional Basic Research About Circulation of Goods and Products in the Heian Period

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01095
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03050:Archaeology-related
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Takahashi Teruhiko 大阪大学, 大学院人文学研究科(人文学専攻、芸術学専攻、日本学専攻), 教授 (10249906)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 流通・消費 / 須恵器 / 緑釉陶器 / 灰釉陶器 / 中国陶磁 / 篠窯跡群

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to elucidate the process of transformation from ancient to medieval Japan from the aspect of archaeology. The research focuses on Japanese Sue ware, Japanese glazed pottery and Chinese ceramics, with an emphasis on the distribution of these goods. Based on the compilation of excavated materials and new methods of chronology and provenance identification, I gained new knowledge about the realities of distribution. In particular, the largest number of bowls　produced at the Shino kilns in Tamba region were found to date from the end of the 10th to the beginning of the 11th century, indicating that this period was a precursor to medieval commerce.

Free Research Field

考古学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中世以降に物資流通が大幅に拡大して、商業的展開への大きな転換点であることが指摘されているが、陶磁器類の場合の画期として11世紀後半での製品内容の変質や12世紀以降での大幅な流通量の増加が指摘されていた。ところが、篠窯産鉢などの検討から既に10世紀末から11世紀頃の摂関期に萌芽的な展開を示す点を解明できたことが学術的意義の１つといえる。ただ、摂関期そのままの形で継続せず、変質して中世に至る側面も重要であり、歴史的展開の実態がより明確となった。