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Takemaru Taage ruins
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  • Location: Takemaru, Soichi City, Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Period: Nara period-Heian period (late 8th century-early 9th century)
  • Content: Station house ruins

The Takemaru Daiage Site is presumed to be a trace of a station house built on the "Sankaido" public road linking the capital and the Dazaifu. A station house is a facility created by a telecommunication system systematized by the Ritsury 律 Nation. In order to enable quick communication with the city and the region, a horse was called a station horse, and was built every 30 villages (about 16 km). In addition, the station house along the public road connecting Dazaifu and the capital was used for the traffic of foreign envoys, so the rule of rubble and white wall was defined.

Discovery of large drilled pillars

In the excavation survey conducted in 1983 (Showa 58), which was carried out with field development as an opportunity, three drilled pillar buildings were discovered. Two of the pillar holes were square with rounded corners, and each side was a large one with a length of more than 1 m. Such pillar holes are often found in the official site, which is a trace of public facilities such as the ancient government office.

Column hole group considered as station house trace
A large amount of excavated ancient tiles

A large amount of ancient tiles have been excavated from the Takemaru Daiage ruins. This is one of the evidences that you can think of the ruins as the station house ruins, along with the huge pillar-lined remains, according to the literature record that the station houses were rubble. Also, the tiles that were excavated show no difference in the age they were made. Therefore, it is possible that the rubble building that was once built at the Takemaru Dahi remains has a short period of time until it is no longer used, and that it has not been repainted.

Ancient tile that was excavated
Station house without name

The Emperor Enoki ordered the compilation, and the Enoki Shiki (927), which showed the enforcement details of the law (Ritsu Ordinance), is eight stations from the Sanyo Dori to the Chikuzen Nation until the Dazaifu out of the Saikaido which continues (Tsumi Station, Yaku Station, Xiamen Station, Tsunuka Station, Seat Station, Toshimori Station, Mino Station, Kushima Station) are recorded. Among them, Tsukumori Station was discovered by excavation survey in Ashiya-cho, Fukuoka Prefecture, and traces of white walls were also confirmed.

However, it is known that there were nine station houses in the same section, and that one station was abolished in the same section in Daidoji (807) Senkaku, 120 years ago. Then, it is assumed that Xiamen Station is located in Ongacho Shimazu and Tsuiichi Station is located in Sakai-cho, Fukutsu City, so there is also a theory that Takemaru Daiage remains as an abolished station house at this time.

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