Heijo Palace wooden tablet no. 2319
Heijo Palace tablet 2319 shows how a few written characters on wood can preserve an everyday administrative distinction: it is a label for clear sake.
The short text carries a question
The museum commentary reads the label as clear sake and treats the final character, “middle”, as a possible grade. That last interpretation is tentative. It would be inaccurate to turn it into a firm modern quality classification or to infer a recipe from the label.
Sources: ColBase museum commentary, preserved source snapshot
Compare it with tablet 2318
The neighbouring record 2318 gives a quantity, while 2319 offers a possible grade. Read together, they show different kinds of information a label can preserve. The comparison is editorial; neither consecutive catalogue numbers nor a common find area proves that the two labels belonged to the same vessel or transaction.
Sources: ColBase museum commentary, preserved source snapshot
Read form alongside text
The museum notices the broad, fine-grained wood and roomy writing. In the source image, compare the spacing and edges before concentrating only on the inscription. No image is reproduced here, and no modern sake category, maker or tasting characteristic should be inferred. The record explicitly includes National Treasure designation; current display is still a separate question.
Sources: ColBase museum commentary, preserved source snapshot · ColBase · Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties · via Japan Search; processed by GIZUMO
Editorial sources, scope and rights
The English reading guide and its stated sources only. Original source dates, rights, identity limitations and live-status fields remain separate.
Original GIZUMO editorial text and limited factual paraphrase. Linked reference pages retain their own rights; the source-data licence below does not license their text or images. No source photographs, film stills, scans or maps are reproduced.
- ColBase · Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties · via Japan Search; processed by GIZUMO
Identity and factual fields in the preserved dated source record; no new live-status verification
- ColBase museum commentary, preserved source snapshot
Selected factual points from the museum commentary retrieved with the original record; new English selection, not an official translation or full republication
Preserved source record and metadata
Original title: 平城宮2319号木簡 Collection reference: 6AACVS15000430 Object type: Wooden label (付札) Holding institution: Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Period: 奈良時代 Creator: Not supplied Original designation: 国宝 Prior reviewed English display title retained only because the source ID and original title match exactly. Institution name expanded from the previously reviewed source holder reference code. Type labels are normalized editorially; missing English fields retain original wording. Designation is never inferred from the search keyword or service name. Source: ColBase via Japan Search (https://colbase.nich.go.jp/collection_items/nabunken/6AACVS15000430). Metadata selected/formatted by GIZUMO under the reviewed Government Standard Terms v2.0. Images are excluded. Current exhibition availability and physical display location are not verified.
- creator
- Not supplied
- period
- 奈良時代
- designation
- National Treasure
- holding Museum
- Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
- object Type
- Wooden label
- collection Reference
- 6AACVS15000430