Korokan

Japanese: 鴻臚館 - こうろかん

A mansion used to entertain foreign envoys during the Ritsuryo period. It is said to have originated from Naniwa Mansion during the reign of Suiko and Tsukushi Mansion during the reign of Jito. There were mansions in Kyoto (east and west of Shichijo-Suzaku), Naniwa, and Dazaifu (the site of Fukuoka Castle in Fukuoka City's Chuo Ward). The Korokan in Kyoto was used to entertain envoys from the Bohai Kingdom, and was abolished in the mid-10th century when the kingdom was destroyed. The one in Naniwa was used for foreign envoys entering the capital from the Saikaido, and was later converted into a provincial government office. The one in Dazaifu was also used as lodgings for foreign visitors and Japanese envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty. After the Japanese envoys were abolished, they were used to entertain Chinese merchants, inspect foreigners, and conduct trade with foreign countries. With the decline of Ritsuryo politics, this distinctive character was lost, and the mansions were abolished in the 12th century. The remains were discovered during the renovation of Fukuoka Heiwadai Baseball Stadium in 1987, and excavation revealed the remains of a large group of tiled buildings, as well as domestic clay pottery and roof tiles, as well as other artefacts such as celadon from the Yuezhou kiln series in Zhejiang Province, China, brown-glazed pottery from the Changsha kiln series in Hunan Province, white porcelain, Islamic glass and pottery, and Silla earthenware.

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Japanese:

律令時代，外国の使節を接待した館。推古朝の難波館，持統朝の筑紫館に由来するといわれる。京都 (七条朱雀の東西) ，難波，大宰府 (福岡市中央区の福岡城址) にあった。京都の鴻臚館は渤海国使の接待用で，10世紀なかば同国の滅亡により廃絶。難波のものは西海道から入京する外国使臣用で，のち国衙に転用。大宰府のものは蕃客，遣唐使らの宿舎にもあてられた。遣唐使の廃止後は，唐商人の接待，外国人の検問，外国との貿易などの用にあてられた。律令政治の衰退によりその特質を失い，12世紀には廃絶した。 1987年福岡平和台球場の改修に際して遺構が検出され，発掘の結果，大規模な瓦葺建築址群が確認されるとともに，国産の土陶器・瓦のほか中国浙江省越州窯系の青磁，湖南省長沙窯系の褐釉陶器，白磁，イスラムのガラス・陶器類，新羅土器などの遺物が出土した。

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