Yoshida Itaru Collection

称名寺貝塚出土土器
Earthenware excavated from the Shomyoji shell mound

This collection was donated by Mr. Itaru Yoshida (Rissho University, Department of Geography and History (Class of 1941), 1920-2006) and contains materials from the Paleolithic and Jomon periods.

Yoshida Itaru is a well-known scholar of Jomon culture, and the Hanawadai style from the early Jomon period (approximately 8,500 BC) and the Shomyo-ji style from the late Jomon period (approximately 2,500 BC) in particular are well known in the academic community as standard type data established by Yoshida.

Additionally, materials relating to the Paleolithic period are on display, including the Kumanogo Site, Tonogayato Site, and Nishinodai B Site, which are the earliest Late Paleolithic sites excavated in the Kanto region.
In addition, the stone tools collected by the herbalist Ito Keisuke (Japan's first Doctor of Science) are included in the "Nihon Sanbutsu-shi" (1837). These, along with the stone tools kept in a storage box bearing the date 1852, are kept in the Yoshida Itaru Collection as extremely valuable documents.

  1. Kamegaoka Ruins (Aomori Prefecture)
  2. Kaitori Shell Mound (Iwate Prefecture)
  3. Shirahama Shell Mound (Iwate Prefecture)
  4. Tachiki Shell Mound (Ibaraki Prefecture)
  5. Hanawadai Shell Mound (Ibaraki Prefecture)
  6. Fukuda Shell Mound (Ibaraki Prefecture)
  7. Tokodai Shell Mound (Tochigi Prefecture)
  8. Ishigami Shell Mound (Saitama Prefecture)
  9. Ohara Ruins (Saitama Prefecture)
  10. Kaigarayama Shell Mound (Chiba Prefecture)
  11. Shironotai Shell Mound (Chiba Prefecture)
  12. Nittayama Ruins (Chiba Prefecture)
  13. Horinouchi Shell Mound (Chiba Prefecture)
  14. Ushihashi Shell Mound (Chiba Prefecture)
  15. Akatsuka Castle Ruins (Tokyo)
  16. Igusa ruins (Tokyo)
  17. Kumanosato Ruins (Tokyo)
  18. Shimonumabe Shell Mound (Tokyo)
  19. Suzukicho Ruins (Tokyo)
  20. Nishinodai A and B ruins (Tokyo)
  21. Takikubo Ruins (Tokyo)
  22. Tonogayato Ruins (Tokyo)
  23. Musashi-seki Station North Ruins (Tokyo)
  24. Katsuradai Ruins (Kanagawa Prefecture)
  25. Komokuchi Shell Mound (Kanagawa Prefecture)
  26. Shomyoji A and B shell mounds (Kanagawa Prefecture)
  27. Omotaya Higashi Shell Mound (Kanagawa Prefecture)
  28. Toge Ruins (Shizuoka Prefecture)
  29. Sata Kobu Shell Mound (Shimane Prefecture)
  30. Keisuke Ito's Katsura Collection

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