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Rice Storage Facility Possibly Located on Amakashi Hill in Nara: Wooden Tablets Suggest It Was There After the Downfall of the Soga Family (Kyodo News)

The Asuka Village Board of Education announced on the 18th that analysis of wooden tablets (late 7th to early 8th century) unearthed from the Amakashioka archaeological site in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture, which is believed to be the site of the residence of Soga no Emishi and his son Iruka, a powerful family during the Asuka period, has revealed inscriptions that suggest the presence of a rice storage warehouse.
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The Asuka Village Board of Education announced on the 18th that analysis of wooden tablets (late 7th to early 8th century) unearthed from the Amakashioka archaeological site in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture, which is believed to be the site of the residence of Soga no Emishi and his son Iruka, a powerful family during the Asuka period, has revealed inscriptions that suggest the presence of a rice storage warehouse.

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news in on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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