Hachimanbayashi Government Office Site

The Hachimanbayashi Government Office Site (八幡林官衙遺跡, Hachimanbayashi kanga iseki) is an archaeological site consisting of the ruins of an Asuka period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now of the city of Nagaoka, Niigata in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1995.[1]

Hachimanbayashi Government Office Site
八幡林官衙遺跡
Hachimanbayashi Site
Hachimanbayashi Government Office Site (Japan)
LocationNagaoka, Niigata, Japan
RegionHokuriku region
Coordinates37°34′47″N 138°45′28″E
TypeSettlement
History
FoundedAsuka period
Site notes
OwnershipNational Historic Site
Public accessYes

Overview

In the late Asuka period, after the establishment of a centralized government under the Ritsuryō system, the Yamato court sent a number of military expeditions to what is now the Hokuriku region extend its effective control further north and to subdue the local Emishi tribes in the area.[2] At the time, Echigo was still part of ancient Koshi Province, and per the Nihon Shoki, in 647 AD, Fort Nutari (渟足柵, Nutari no saku), a fortified government outpost with an earthen rampart surmounted by a wooden palisade, and protected by a dry moat was established.

From 1900-1991, on a small hill a short distance south of Ojimaya Station, the outlines of a structure as was described in the Nihon Shoki was discovered, and numerous wooden tags with markings indicating that they belonged to the "Nutari no saku" and to the "Provincial capital of Koshi" were found.

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See also

References
  1. "八幡林官衙遺跡" [Hachimanbayashi kanga iseki] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
  2. Shively, Donald H.; McCullough, William H. (1999). Cambridge History of Japan vol. II (p.31f.). Cambridge University Press.
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