The from the Wanishi Site is a Japanese dogū or clay figurine of the Final Jōmon period ( 1000–400 BC). Excavated in Muroran, Hokkaido, and now part of the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, it has been designated an Important Cultural Property.
Wanishi Site The dogū was recovered intact in 1918 from the in what was then the village of , today's city of Muroran. The site was part of an area used for company housing by the then , which was established in 1917 and merged with the predecessor of today's Japan Steel Works in 1919, the having begun operations at the (today's Nippon Steel ) in 1909.
Description The hollow clay figurine has distinctively broad shoulders and hips, which are accentuated by the short arms and legs and adorned with patterning (applied without use of the or "erased-cord marking" technique) that has been likened to that found on the contemporary of Tōhoku. Unlike the large-eyed shakōkidogū, the eyes are small and recessed. At the sides of the head are what may be or knots of hair. The navel is prominent and there are holes at the ends of the arms and the legs as well as in the groin. The figurine is painted red.
The dogū measures in height, has a width of and a depth of , and weighs some .
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See also List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials) List of Cultural Properties of Japan – archaeological materials (Hokkaidō) Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan Historic Sites of Hokkaidō Hollow Dogū
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External links Dogū (e-Museum)