Kamikurumazuka - Kamikurumazuka

Japanese: 上車塚 - かみくるまづか
Kamikurumazuka - Kamikurumazuka

...However, not all activities that qualify as excavations are necessarily intended or carried out with the intent to recover all three forms of information.
[Pre-excavation history]
The excavation of Kamishazuka (Kamizamuraizuka Tomb) and Shimoshazuka (Shimozamuraizuka Tomb) in Nasu District, Shimotsuke Province (present-day Nasu District, Tochigi Prefecture) by Tokugawa Mitsukuni in 1692 (Genroku 5) is often cited as the first excavation survey in Japan. Inspired by a report (1687) of the Nasu kuni no miyatsuko monument discovered nearby, Mitsukuni regarded both tombs as those of Nasu kuni no miyatsuko, and ordered his retainers to excavate both tombs with the aim of confirming their names by discovering the epitaphs.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kamishazuka" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,発掘調査とみなされるすべての行為が,この3種類の形をとる情報をことごとく回収することを意図し,実行されるものとは限らない。
[発掘調査の前史]
 日本における発掘調査の嚆矢(こうし)としてよく取り上げられるものに,徳川光圀による1692年(元禄5)の下野国那須郡(現,栃木県那須郡)の上車塚(上侍塚古墳)と下車塚(下侍塚古墳)の発掘がある。光圀はその付近で発見された那須国造碑の報告(1687)に触発され,両古墳を那須国造の墓とみて,墓誌の発見によってその人名を確認することを目ざし,家臣に両古墳の発掘を命じた。…

※「上車塚」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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