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９．Ancient Governmental Offices (Nara Period)
The Capital of Nara. Neatly lined in Heijokyo—ancient Nara—were buildings decorated in blue-tiled rooves and vermillion-colored pillars. But even in rural areas, town buildings made for government affairs were maintained with Nara as its model. The governmental offices were surrounded by trenches and earthen walls and supported by thick pillars with square postholes. Structures where governmental duties and ceremonies were performed had tile-lined rooves.
Items to be found at the remains of such governmental structures include: roof tile, red-coated Haji ware (Japanese pottery made for banquets), jade and grey and two-colored glazed pottery, ink stones, fans, metal buckles used by government officials, as well as wadokaichin, the currency of that time and Japan’s first circular coin system.
