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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Sekijinzō Alternative Name: Sekijinzo 石人像, Dōsojinseki Dosojinseki 道祖神石Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Asuka-mura (Nara pref.) Nearest Village: Okuyama 奥山
Latitude: 34.484200N Longitude: 135.825300E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Excavated from Ishigami-iseki (石神遺跡 34.480364, 135.818288) in 1903. A 1.7m statue of a man and a woman holding him on his back. Totally different from the style of the Buddhist images, most significant feature is that a hole penetrates the statue and water will spout from the mouths of the man (cracked) and the woman.
A replica is placed in the garden of the Asuka Shiryōkan Museum and the artifact itself is exhibited inside the museum.
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