Excavated at Funada Site, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo.
Hachioji-shi, Tokyo. 6th century.
Height 26.6cm, mouth diameter 16.4cm, body diameter 24.2cm, bottom diameter 5.7cm
Hachioji City Museum
Jars have been one of the basic storage containers since the Yayoi period, but from the 5th century onward, they lost the compound mouth rims that had been a tradition since the Yayoi period, and became indistinguishable from jars. In western Japan, these vessels are round-bottomed, but in eastern Japan, flat-bottomed vessels are produced.
