reachingtokyo

The last day of work we were able to dig for stuff that we could keep. I found a pipe, some old money, a small monkey head, other parts of a pottery monkey from edo jidai, bidamon (a marble), doromenko (a game piece), a rock used to start fire, a fully intact oil lamp, a sake jug- which was much larger than anything we found during the actual recorded archeological dig- i gave that away, a fully intact small bowl/cup, kawara- pottery thats used for roofing (engi jidai I believe 901-923 BC), a part of a small doll, different bits of pottery, a woman's sandle, and what looks like an incense holder. Click on images to larger version..
Baby sharde of pottery
Piece of jiki {porcelain}

Labels: archeology, artifacts, dig, edo, engi, Japanese, jidai, nihon, pottery