Azuchi Castle Prefecture Archaeological Museum, Shiga

Azuchi Castle Prefecture Archaeological Museum, Shiga
滋 賀 県 立 安 土城 考古 博物館

Data
place	Ōmihachiman , Japan
Art	Archaeological Museum
opening	1992
Number of visitors (annually)	110,000
Website	azuchi-museum.or.jp

The Archaeological Prefectural Museum of Azuchi Castle, Shiga ( Japanese 滋 賀 県 立 安 土城 考古 博物館 , Shiga-ken Azuchi-jō Kōko Hakubutsukan , English Shiga Prefectural Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum ) is an archaeological themed museum in Ōmihachiman , in Shiga Prefecture , Japan .

The facility serves to preserve and research the four historical sites and cultural assets: the Azuchi castle ruins , the Dainaka no kominami ( 大中 の 湖南 ) archaeological site , the keyhole Kofun Azuchi Hyōdanyama ( 安 土 瓢 箪 山 古墳 ) and the Kannonji castle , in their The center of the Ōmi Fudoki no Oka ( 近 江 風土 記 の 丘 ) historical park is located.

The museum complex emerged in 1992 from the Ōmi Fudoki no Oka archive of Shiga Prefecture ( 滋 賀 県 立 近 江 風土 記 丘 資料 館 ), which was founded in 1970 as a forerunner . The museum has a total area of ​​67,836 m², of which 5846 m² are interior rooms with an exhibition area of ​​4,424 m².

Exhibition focus

• Permanent exhibition room 1:
  • Yayoi period : Dainaka no kominami site , reconstruction of Yayoi period earth pit dwellings in original size
  • early Kofun period : Dainaka-no-kominami-Kofun, Yukinoyama-Kofun ( 雪 野山 古墳 ), reconstruction of cave tombs ( 横 穴 式 石室 , yokoanashiki sekishitsu ) in original size
  • Middle Kofun period: Shingai Kofun group
  • late Kofun period: Kamoinariyama-Kofun ( 鴨 稲 荷 山 古墳 ), Yamatsuteru-jinja Kofun ( 山 津 照 神社 古墳 )
• Permanent exhibition room 2:
  • Castles of the Sengoku period : Kannonji Castle, Odani Castle ( 小 谷城 ), Rokkaku Clan ( 六角 氏 ), Azai Clan ( 浅井 氏 )
  • Castle of Azuchi-Momoyama period : Azuchi Castle, material on Oda Nobunaga
  • Castle of the Edo period : Hikone Castle
• Permanent exhibition open space:
  • old house of the family Miyaji ( 旧宮地家住宅 , Kyu-Miyajikejūtaku ) - 1754 Kunitomo, Nagahama built and verbrachtes from there to the museum, as important cultural declared house
  • the old Kyūryūgen school ( 旧 柳 原 学校 校 舎 ) built in 1876 using the Giyōfū construction method ( 擬 洋 風 建築 ~ kenchiku )
  • Azuchi police station built in 1885 ( 旧 安 土 巡査 駐 在 所 )

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  Old Miyaji house

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  Kyūryūgen School

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  Azuchi Police Station

Web links

Commons : Azuchi Castle Prefecture Archaeological Museum, Shiga  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 滋 賀 県 立 安 土城 考古 博物館 . Azuchi Castle Prefecture Archaeological Museum, Shiga,accessed August 30, 2013(Japanese, Museum's official website, undated). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 当 館 に つ い て . Azuchi Castle Prefecture Archaeological Museum, Shiga, accessed August 30, 2013 (Japanese, undated). 
2. ↑ 安 土 旧 柳 原 学校 舎 (Azuchi old Ryugen school). JAPAN-GEOGRAPHIC.TV, accessed on August 30, 2013 (Japanese, for reading see Figure 1, undated). 
3. ↑ 常設 展示 の ご 案 内 . Azuchi Castle Prefecture Archaeological Museum, Shiga, accessed August 30, 2013 (Japanese, undated). 

Coordinates: 35 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  N , 136 ° 8 ′ 52 ″  E