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| Location | Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan |
|---|---|
| Region | Tōhoku region |
| Coordinates | 37°38′49″N 141°00′58″E / 37.64694°N 141.01611°E / 37.64694; 141.01611 |
| History | |
| Founded | 7th - 10th century AD |
| Site notes | |
| Ownership | National Historic Site |
| Public access | Yes |
Izumi Government Offices Site (泉官衙遺跡, Izumi kanga iseki-gun) is the site of a Heian period government office complex located in what is now part of the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima prefecture in the southern Tōhoku region of northern Honshu, Japan. It has been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 2010.[1]
Contents
1 Background
2 Description
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Background
In the Nara period, after the establishment of a centralized government under the Ritsuryō system, five districts of southern Mutsu Province: Iwaki (石城), Shineha (標葉), Namekata (行方), Uta (宇太), Watari (曰理) and one district of Hitachi Province, Kikuta (菊多) were joined together to form the new province of Iwaki (石城国) in 718. The province only lasted for a short period, and was absorbed back into Mutsu in 720 or 724. This site is believed to have been the location of the civil administration of Namekata District in the Heian period.
Description
The Izumi site is located in on a river terrace of the Nitta River on the Abukuma Plateau in far northern Fukushima Prefecture, near the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. The site of the government office ruins contained a large administrative building, flanked by buildings in symmetrical positions in the east and west, forming a “U”-shape. The compound was protected by a wooden palisade. This arrangement was common to Nara period and Heian period county administrative complexes in other parts of the country. It is estimated that this complex was in use from the latter half of the 7th century to the late 10th century.
See also
- Negishi Government Offices Sites
- Shirakawa Government Offices Sites
- List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukushima)
References
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External links
Minamisōma city home page (in Japanese)
