1. Lecture of Ohashi Koji, Chief Directer

Ohashi Chief Director lectured

The lecture meeting of Ohashi Koji, our Chief Director, held July 20th with cooperation Japan Society of Southeast Asian Archaeology at Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo, was a success with 30 more participants. He spoke mainly condition of Southeast Asia in where rich archaeological data, although lecture title was \'The Hizen Wares exported World, added new results of study\'. Especially, it was explained simply the characteristics of distribution in each area shown by the tendency of finding for several kinds of products. In this perspective, he pointed out a large possibility that Hizen wares found recently in Vientiane, Laos were carried from not Vietnam but Thailand. Also with showing concrete examples told some special ordered goods a hand washing set for Turkey or a chocolate cup for Cuba, and the thick distribution in several areas strongly related with the Dutch. Participants satisfied enough to interest about his all topics.

2. Lecture of Mr.Ohashi Koji, the Director, in Tokyo at July 20th

Ohashi Koji Director

We shall schedule an open lecture by Director Ohashi Koji, former director of Saga prefectural Ceramic Museum, in Tokyo at July 20th. ¡¡¡¡#topic: Hizen Wares exported to the world, added the results of new studies #date: 2:00-4:00 afternoon, July 20th #place: lecture room 2 in Edo Tokyo Museum (5 minutes from Ryogoku station of JR line or Tokyo Metro) #entrance: free It will be explained with a lot of pictures in based archaeological findings for outline of the export of Hizen wares that had be done from late half of the 17th to early half of the 18th centuries. Especially, will be concentrated the condition of Southeast Asia included new data such as finding in Laos.

3. New Publication: Research Report Book of Banten-Tirtayasa Site & Wolio Castle Ruins, Buton

On May 26th it will be published the 3rd report book for our archaeological joint reserach with The National Archaeological Research Center in Indonesia, EXCAVATION RESERACH REPORT OF TIRTAYASA SITE, BANTEN & WOLIO CASTLE RUINS, BUTON. In this book we reported significant result from the research on 2004/06; structure of the Sujung worter gate in Tirtayasa Site on later half of the 17th century, and enormous ceramc shards of pre-modern age in Wolio Castel Ruins including the special export style for Europe of Japanese Imari ware. This book, all 272 pages of A4 sizen (color photograph 16 page and black & white 108 page) in Japanse and Bahasa Indonesia, will be sell with price US$25 for a copy (including postage).

4. Report Meeting of Indonesian Research in 2006

Hizen Large Jar from Wolio

We will held a release report meeting for our Indonesian research in 2006, as following; Date: February 3rd 2007 Place: Archeological Research Office of Tokyo University (The 56th Building 2F in Research Campus in Komaba, Tokyo 5 min. from Komaba-todaimae station of Inokashira Line Tel.03-5452-5103) Schedule 15:00/15:40 SAKAI Takashi: Outline of Results of Indonesian Research in 2006 15:40/16:20 OHASHI KOJI: Ceramics Found in the Wolio Castle Ruins, Buton 16:20/16:30 qustion and answer

5. The Joint Excavation Research in Indonesia (August & September, 2006)

Research in the Tirtayasa Site

The excavation research in Tirtayasa Sites, Banten and the Wolio Castle Ruins, Buton Island that had continued up to now was executed in cooperation with the Indonesian National Archeology Research Center. The excavation in Tirtayasa became the seventh times, and was able to understand a whole structure of the Sujung sluice ruins. In the third research of the Wolio Castle Ruins excavated the moat that existed outer southern wall, and the character was clarified. Each result of the research after 2004 will be published in the research report book of the schedule for 2007.

6. The 7th Ceramic Special Training (July, 2006)

Training in the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Arita

In inviting Ms.Ekowati, Jakarta National Museum and Ms.Wang Su-chin who researched ceramic shards of Zeelandia Castle Ruins in Taiwan, we took the training of newest ceramic research on 3 weeks in the Kyushu Ceramic Museum at Arita and the Machida City Museum at Tokyo. Without any problem, it became the opportunity of a new exchange expansion though it was training by the participant between multinational, differed up to now.

7. International Joint Inspection to Turkish Ceramic Ruins (March, 2006)

Joint Inspection in Edirne, Turkey

To form the wide network of the ceramic trade research, several ruins in Turkey, the west edge of the Asian ceramic trade at the early modern age, were inspected with the researchers, Ms.Naniek from Indonesia and Prof.Hsie Mingliang from Taiwan, the relay point of the Hizen ceramic trade. An active discussion bounced during eight days inspection at Iznik, Kyutahya etc. with Mr.Omur TUFAN in guided, curator of the Topkapi Palace Museum.