List of Cultural Properties of Japan – archaeological materials (Hokkaidō)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of archaeological materials (考古資料, kōko shiryō) for the Circuit of Hokkaidō.

National Cultural Properties

As of 31 July 2019, twenty-two Important Cultural Properties (including one *National Treasure) have been designated, being of national significance; this number includes two Important Cultural Properties that were excavated in Hokkaidō and are now in the collection of Tokyo National Museum.

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Ref.
*Dogū excavated from the Chobonaino Site, Hakodate, Hokkaidō 土偶／北海道函館市著保内野遺跡出土 dogū Hokkaidō Hakodate-shi Chobonaino iseki shutsudo	Jōmon period	Hakodate	Hakodate City (kept at Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center)	known as Hollow Dogū; one of five National Treasure dogū, alongside Jōmon Venus, Masked Goddess, Jōmon Goddess, and Palms Together Dogū		41°55′40″N 140°56′42″E	[1]
Clay mask, excavated from burial 310 at the Mamachi Site, Mamachi-machi, Chitose, Hokkaidō 土面／北海道千歳市真々地町ママチ遺跡第三一〇号土壙墓出土 do-men Hokkaidō Chitose-shi Mamachi-machi Mamachi iseki dai-san-ichi-rei-gō dokōbo shutsudo	Jōmon period	Ebetsu	Agency for Cultural Affairs (kept at Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center)			43°03′37″N 141°29′40″E	[2]
Animal-shaped clay object, excavated from the Bibi IV Site, Chitose, Hokkaidō 動物形土製品／北海道千歳市美々第四遺跡出土 dōbutsu-gata doseihin Hokkaidō Chitose-shi Bibi dai-yon iseki shutsudo	Jōmon period	Chitose	Chitose City			42°49′16″N 141°39′03″E	[3]
Excavated artefacts from the pit graves at the Karinba ruins, Hokkaidō 北海道カリンバ遺跡墓坑出土品 Hokkaidō Karinba iseki hakaana shutsudo-hin	Jōmon period	Eniwa	Eniwa City (kept at Eniwa City Historical Museum)			42°54′33″N 141°35′59″E	[4]
Excavated artefacts from the Kotan Onsen Site, Hokkaidō 北海道コタン温泉遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Kotan-onsen iseki shutsudo-hin	Jōmon period	Yakumo	Yakumo Town (kept at Yakumo Town Museum)			42°15′16″N 140°16′06″E	[5]
Excavated artefacts from the burial mounds at the Motoebetsu I Site, Hokkaidō 北海道元江別１遺跡土墳墓出土品 Hokkaidō Motoebetsu ichi-iseki dokōbo shutsudo-hin	Zoku-Jōmon period	Ebetsu	Agency for Cultural Affairs (kept at Ebetsu City Historical Museum)			43°06′49″N 141°32′53″E	[6]
Excavated artefacts from the Ebetsubuto Site, Hokkaidō 北海道江別太遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Ebetsubuto iseki shutsudo-hin	Zoku-Jōmon period	Ebetsu	Ebetsu City (kept at Ebetsu City Historical Museum)			43°06′49″N 141°32′53″E	[7]
Coins excavated from the medieval remains of Shinori, Hokkaidō 北海道志海苔中世遺構出土銭 Hokkaidō Shinori chūsei ikō shutsudo zeni	Nanboku-chō period	Hakodate	Hakodate City (kept at Hakodate City Museum)	374,435 coins		41°45′21″N 140°42′53″E	[8]
Excavated artefacts from the Matsunorikawa Hokugan Site, Hokkaidō 北海道松法川北岸遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Matsunorikawa Hokugan iseki shutsudo-hin	Okhotsk culture	Rausu	Rausu Town (kept at Rausu Municipal Museum)			43°52′50″N 145°05′37″E	[9]
Excavated artefacts from the Katsuyama Fortified Residence Site, Kaminokuni, Hokkaidō 北海道上之国勝山館跡出土品 Hokkaidō Kaminokuni Katsuyama-date ato shutsudo-hin	Muromachi to Momoyama period	Kaminokuni	Kaminokuni Town			41°48′04″N 140°07′17″E	[10]
Excavated artefacts from the Funadomari Site, Hokkaidō 北海道船泊遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Funadomari iseki shutsudo-hin	Jōmon period	Rebun	Rebun Town (kept at Rebun Municipal General Activity Center (礼文町町民総合活動センター))			45°17′59″N 141°02′47″E	[11]
Excavated artefacts from the Yunosato IV Site, Hokkaidō 北海道湯の里４遺跡土壙出土品 Hokkaidō Yunosato yon-iseki dokō shutsudo-hin	Paleolithic	Shiriuchi	Shiriuchi Town (kept at Shiriuchi Local Museum (知内町郷土館))			41°35′54″N 140°25′08″E	[12]
Excavated artefacts from the Shirataki Sites, Hokkaidō 北海道白滝遺跡群出土品 Hokkaidō Shirataki iseki-gun shutsudo-hin	Paleolithic	Engaru	Engaru Town (kept at Shirataki Learning Center (白滝教育センター))			43°53′11″N 143°11′32″E	[13]
Excavated artefacts from the Yachiyo A Site, Hokkaidō 北海道八千代Ａ遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Yachiyo A-iseki shutsudo-hin	early Jōmon period	Obihiro	Obihiro City (kept at Obihiro Centennial City Museum)			42°54′25″N 143°11′11″E	[14]
Excavated artefacts from the Bibi VIII Site, Hokkaidō 北海道美々８遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Bibi hachi-iseki shutsudo-hin	Satsumon to Ainu	Ebetsu	Hokkaidō (kept at Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center)			43°03′37″N 141°29′40″E	[15]
Excavated artefacts from the Pirika I Site, Hokkaidō 北海道美利河１遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Pirika ichi-iseki shutsudo-hin	Paleolithic	Imakane	Imakane Town (kept at Pirika Paleolithic Culture Museum (ピリカ旧石器文化館))			42°28′38″N 140°12′07″E	[16]
Excavated artefacts from the Toyohara IV Site, Hokkaidō 北海道豊原４遺跡土坑出土品 Hokkaidō Toyohara yon-iseki dokō shutsudo-hin	early Jōmon period	Hakodate	Hakodate City (kept at Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center)			41°46′07″N 140°43′45″E	[17]
Excavated artefacts from the Menashidomari Site, Hokkaidō 北海道目梨泊遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Menashidomari iseki shutsudo-hin	Okhotsk culture	Esashi	Esashi Town (kept at Okhotsk Museum Esashi)			44°56′21″N 142°34′03″E	[18]
Excavated artefacts from the Usu-moshiri Site, Hokkaidō 北海道有珠モシリ遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Usu-moshiri iseki shutsudo-hin	Jōmon period	Date	Date City			42°28′17″N 140°51′55″E	[19]
Excavated artefacts from the Usu-moshiri Site, Hokkaidō 北海道有珠モシリ遺跡出土品 Hokkaidō Usu-moshiri iseki shutsudo-hin	Zoku-Jōmon period	Date	Agency for Cultural Affairs			42°28′17″N 140°51′55″E	[20]
Dogū 土偶 dogū	Jōmon period	Tōkyō	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Tokyo National Museum)	excavated in Muroran		35°43′12″N 139°46′32″E	[21]
Spouted earthenware with human figure design 人形装飾付異形注口土器 hito-gata sōshoku tsuki ikei chūkō doki	Jōmon period	Tōkyō	National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Tokyo National Museum)	excavated at Moheji (茂辺地) in Hokuto, together with fragments of a number of other vessels decorated with figures of human and non-human animals		35°43′12″N 139°46′32″E	[22]

This list is complete and up to date as of September 2019.

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 5 September 2019, twenty-five properties have been designated as being of prefectural importance.

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Ref.
Dogū, excavated from the Ōasa III Site 大麻３遺跡出土の土偶 Ōasa san-iseki shutsudo no dogū	Jōmon period	Ebetsu	Ebetsu City (kept at Ebetsu City Historical Museum)	two figurines		43°06′49″N 141°32′53″E	[23]
Artefacts excavated from the Sapporo City K-446 Site 札幌市Ｋ-446遺跡出土の遺物 Sapporo-shi Kē yonhyakyon-iseki shutsudo no ibutsu	Satsumon culture	Sapporo	Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center			43°01′48″N 141°20′25″E	[24]
Lithics excavated at Tarukishi 樽岸出土の石器 Tarukishi shutsudo no sekki	Paleolithic	Hakodate	Hakodate City Museum			41°45′21″N 140°42′53″E	[25]
Ceramic vessel with pointed base excavated in Todohokke 椴法華出土の尖底土器 Todohokke shutsudo no sentei doki	early Jōmon period	Hakodate	Hakodate City (kept at Hakodate City Museum)			41°45′21″N 140°42′53″E	[26]
Dogū in the shape of an animal excavated from the Hinohama Site 日ノ浜遺跡出土の動物土偶 Hinohama iseki shutsudo no dōbutsu dogū	Jōmon period	Hakodate	Hakodate City (kept at Hakodate City Museum)			41°45′21″N 140°42′53″E	[27]
Artefacts excavated from the Sumiyoshi-chō Site 住吉町遺跡出土の遺物 Sumiyoshi-chō iseki shutsudo no ibutsu doki	early Jōmon period	Hakodate	Hakodate City (kept at Hakodate City Museum)			41°45′21″N 140°42′53″E	[28]
Artefacts excavated from the Saibesawa Site サイベ沢遺跡出土の遺物 Saibesawa iseki shutsudo no ibutsu doki	early to mid-Jōmon period	Hakodate	Hakodate City (kept at Hakodate City Museum)			41°45′21″N 140°42′53″E	[29]
Artefacts excavated from the site of Yafurai Fortified Residence 矢不来館跡出土品 Yafurai-date ato shutsudo-hin	late C15/early C16	Hokuto	Hokuto City (kept at Hokuto City Hometown Museum)			41°53′01″N 140°38′38″E	[30]
Red ceramic vessel with spout 赤彩注口土器 sekisai chūkō doki	Jōmon period	Yakumo	Yakumo Town (kept at Yakumo Town Museum)	from the Nodaoi I Site (野田生１遺跡)		42°15′16″N 140°16′06″E	[31]
Excavated artefacts from the Aonae Site 青苗遺跡出土品 Aonae iseki shutsudo-hin	Satsumon culture	Okushiri	Okushiri Town (kept at Inaho Fureai Kenshū Center (稲穂ふれあい研修センター))			42°14′24″N 139°33′05″E	[32]
Artefacts excavated from the Minamikawa Site 南川遺跡出土の遺物 Minamikawa iseki shutsudo no ibutsu	Zoku-Jōmon period	Setana	Setana Town (kept at Setana Town Museum (せたな町郷土館))			42°27′11″N 139°51′19″E	[33]
Artefacts excavated from the Higashiyama Cylindrical Pottery Culture Site 岩内東山円筒土器文化遺跡出土の遺物 Iwanai Higashiyama entō-doki bunka iseki shutsudo no ibutsu	early to mid-Jōmon period	Iwanai	Iwanai Town (kept at Iwanai Town Museum (岩内町郷土館))			42°58′50″N 140°30′18″E	[34]
Artefacts excavated from the Amauchiyama Site 天内山遺跡出土の遺物 Amauchiyama iseki shutsudo no ibutsu	Satsumon culture	Yoichi	Yoichi Fisheries Museum (余市水産博物館)			43°11′48″N 140°47′13″E	[35]
Artefacts excavated from the Takisato Sites 滝里遺跡群出土遺物 Takisato iseki-gun shutsudo ibutsu	Zoku-Jōmon period	Ashibetsu	Ashibetsu City (kept at Hoshi-no-Furusato Centennial Museum (星の降る里百年記念館))	5,675 items		43°31′33″N 142°11′20″E	[36]
Artefacts excavated from the Poronaipo Site ポロナイポ遺跡出土遺物 Poronaipo iseki shutsudo ibutsu	Satsumon culture	Esashi	Esashi Town Board of Education (kept at Okhotsk Museum Esashi)			44°56′21″N 142°34′03″E	[37]
Artefacts excavated from the Matawakka Shell Mound 亦稚貝塚出土の遺物 Matawakka kaizuka shutsudo no ibutsu	Okhotsk culture	Rishiri	Rishiri Town Board of Education (kept at Rishiri Town Museum (利尻町立博物館))			44°56′21″N 142°34′03″E	[38]
Figurines of girls and animals made from teeth, excavated on Rebun Island 礼文島出土の歯牙製女性像及び動物像 Rebun-tō shutsudo no shiga-sei josei zō oyobi dōbutsu zō	Okhotsk culture	Rebun	Chōshō-ji (長昌寺))	from the sperm whale		45°26′22″N 141°02′16″E	[39]
Lithics excavate from the Horokagawa Site 幌加川遺跡出土の石器群 Horokagawa iseki shutsudo no sekki-gun	Paleolithic	Engaru	Engaru Town Museum (遠軽町先史資料館)			43°53′12″N 143°11′34″E	[40]
Artefacts excavated from the Shuenshūtei Tombs of Shari 斜里朱円周堤墓群出土遺物 Shari Shuenshūtei bogun shutsudo ibutsu	Late Jōmon period	Shari	Shari Town (kept at Shiretoko Museum)			43°54′46″N 144°40′22″E	[41]
Artefacts excavated from the Memanbetsu Sekijinzoku Site 女満別石刃鏃遺跡出土の遺物 Memanbetsu Sekijinzoku iseki shutsudo no ibutsu	early Jōmon period	Ōzora	Ōzora Town Board of Education			43°54′40″N 144°10′21″E	[42]
Excavated artefacts from Irie Shell Mound 入江貝塚出土品 Irie kaizuka shutsudo-hin	mid- to Late-Jōmon period	Tōyako	Tōyako			42°32′43″N 140°46′17″E	[43]
Artefacts excvated from the Shizunai Gotenyama Burial Cluster 静内御殿山墳墓群出土の遺物 Shizunai Gotenyama funbo-gun shutsudo no ibutsu	Jōmon period	Shinhidaka	Shinhidaka Town Board of Education (kept at Shinhidaka Town Museum, Shizunai (新ひだか町静内郷土館))			42°20′38″N 142°21′30″E	[44]
Excavated artefacts from the Nibutani Sites 二風谷遺跡群出土品 Nibutani iseki-gun shutsudo-hin	1500–1700	Biratori	Nibutani Town (kept at Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum)			42°38′15″N 142°09′21″E	[45]
Artefacts excavated from the Taiki Site 大樹遺跡出土の遺物 Taiki iseki shutsudo no ibutsu	early Jōmon period	Taiki	Taiki Town Board of Education (kept at Taiki Town Library (大樹町図書館))			42°29′49″N 143°16′59″E	[46]
Dogū and grave goods excavated from the Hatsutaushi 20 Site 初田牛２０遺跡出土の土偶及び墓坑出土遺物 Hatsutaushi nijū-iseki shutsudo no dogū oyobi bokō shutsudo ibutsu	Late Jōmon period	Nemuro	Nemuro City (kept at Nemuro City Museum of History and Nature (根室市歴史と自然の資料館))			43°17′20″N 145°35′25″E	[47]

This list is complete and up to date as of September 2019.

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hokkaidō)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Hokkaidō)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Hokkaidō)
• Hokkaido Museum

External links

• (in Japanese) Cultural Properties in Hokkaidō