In Southwest China and Mainland Southeast Asia, many villages were known as traditional pottery making villages including glazed stoneware.
In this area, Traditional pottery making villages were maintained by ethnic minorities of each region within their traditional lifestyle.
However, in recent years, the stop and the extinction of pottery making are seen maker’s aging and the situation of successor’s absent, urgently needing gather sets of potteries to preserve real material and make records of making process and technical contents throughout this area.

[Archaeological research on early agricultural cultures in Northeast Asia]
Cultivation of rice and millet began in China in prehistoric times, and then spread to the Japanese archipelago via the Korean Peninsula. The immigration of people with agricultural techniques such as paddy fields, fields, and irrigation not only spread farming, but also changed the traditional culture of each region. We focus on the subtle differences in pottery-making techniques and research the process of migration, agricultural spread, and cultural change at the time.
[3D measurement of cultural properties]
We are researching cultural properties such as archaeological materials and museum materials using 3D measurement such as photogrammetry and X-ray CT.
[Museum curator qualification systems in Japan and Korea]
Through a comparison of museum curators and qualification systems in Japan and Korea, We are thinking about their characteristics and social and cultural backgrounds.