Hayato stone

Japanese: 隼人石 - はやといし

These stone structures are located at the tomb of Emperor Shomu's Crown Prince Nahoyama in Daikokugashiba, Horen-cho, Nara City. The Nahoyama Tomb has a square burial mound measuring 9m north to south and 6m east to west, and it is said that the statues are buried in the four corners of the stone fence at the top of the mound. There were originally seven of them, and they were sometimes called the Seven Foxes, but the Yamato Meisho Zue describes three stones. The first is a natural stone measuring 1.2m long, 0.9m wide, and 0.9m thick, with a 0.8m tall standing statue of a naked rabbit-headed person carved into it, with the character for "north" above the head. The second is a natural stone measuring 0.8m long, 0.3m wide, and 0.4m thick, with a 0.68m tall seated statue of a naked rabbit-headed person carved into it, with the character for "east" above the head.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

奈良市法蓮町字大黒ヶ芝にある聖武天皇皇太子那富山（なほやま）墓に所在する石造物。那富山墓は南北9m，東西6mの墓域に方形の墳丘をもつが，その頂上石柵内の四隅に埋められているという。もと7基あり，七疋狐と称したこともあるが，《大和名勝図会》には3石を記述している。一は長さ1.2m，幅0.9m，厚さ0.9mの自然石に像高0.8mの鼠頭裸人立像を刻み，頭上に〈北〉字を置く。二は長さ0.8m，幅0.3m，厚さ0.4mの自然石に像高0.68mの兎頭裸人座像を刻み，頭上に〈東〉字を置く。

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