Yayoicho ruins

Japanese: 弥生町遺跡 - やよいちょういせき

This is a Yayoi period ruin located on the cliff edge facing Nezu from the northeastern edge of the University of Tokyo campus in Yayoi 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo (until the town name was changed in 1963, it was called Mukogaoka Yayoi-cho 2). It is also called Mukogaoka Shell Mound. In 1884, Arisaka Senzo, who would later become a professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo, collected a jar-shaped pottery that was partially exposed above the ground surface. As it was pottery with a different appearance from Jomon pottery, around 1894 he began calling it Yayoi-style pottery after the name of the town, and the name eventually became established. The location of the pot's discovery became unknown due to subsequent changes in the topography.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

東京都文京区弥生2丁目(1963年の町名変更までは向ヶ丘弥生町2番地)の東京大学の敷地北東端から根津に面した崖際にある弥生時代の遺跡。向ヶ丘貝塚とも呼ばれる。1884年，後の東京大学工学部教授有坂鉊蔵が，地表から一部露出していた1個の壺形土器を採集し，縄文土器とはようすの違う土器として，94年ころからこの土器を町名にちなんで弥生式土器と呼び，いつしかこの名が定着した。この壺の出土地点は，その後の地形改変でわからなくなっていた。

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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