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Honederamura Shōen

Medieval Japanese shōen manor, Kamakura/Heian periods

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Honederamura Shōen ruins (骨寺村荘園遺跡, Honederamura Shōen iseki) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a large-scale shōen manor from the Kamakura period, located in what is now part of the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate in the Tōhoku region of Japan. A portion of the site (48.8 hectares) was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2005.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
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Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
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Early Modern Period
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Late Heian donation

late Heian period

Mention in Azuma Kagami

Kamakura period

Kamakura-period manor activity

Kamakura period

National Historic Site designation

2005

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Coordinates

38.98° N, 140.95° E