Protecting Kumamoto's cultural assets and nurturing the next generation: Archaeologist and Kumamoto University Professor Emeritus Masayuki Komoto passed away on February 27th at the age of 80

He was a pillar of cultural property administration in Kumamoto Prefecture. He was involved in the research, preservation, and utilization of cultural properties throughout Kumamoto Prefecture, including decorated burial mounds, the ruins of Kikuchi Castle, the Kikuchi clan ruins, Kumamoto Castle, the Hosokawa family documents, and the battlefields of the Seinan War. He went beyond the scope of his archaeology specialty to be involved in the res…