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An ancient frontier fort where lacquer-soaked paper survived, preserving readable documents.
About this place
Akita Castle (秋田城, Akita-jō) refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is also sometimes referred to as “Fort Akita”. The name is sometimes used wrongly for Kubota Castle, an Edo period Japanese castle which served as the headquarters or the Satake, daimyō of Kubota Domain that was a domain in the northern part of Dewa Province created by the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Founded / opened：733 Highlights / collection：Remains of an ancient flush toilet, Excavated lacquer-paper documents Genre：Antique art and Buddhist art
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