Collection of Archaeological Materials from the Lower Tokoro River Basin

Satsumon pottery
No.51
DescriptionSatsumon pottery
SiteSakaeura Ⅱ Site: from the fill of Pit House 8
Size (cm)H. 27.4
PeriodLate Satsumon
Date11th century
PossessorTokoro Research Laboratory
CommentTypical example of Type f pottery (Fujimoto’s chronology 1972). There are five clay bands on the rim, and the decorative pattern on the body is punctuated by vertical incised lines, which is filled in with a series of horizontal and herring-bone shaped incised lines.