Replica of 6 Bifaces from Kami-Takamori

L; 10.0, National Museum of Japanese History

The revelation of the hoax in the 2000 season cast a serious doubt on the veracity of these finds, once reported in 1995 as the oldest stone tools ever found in Japan, nearly 600,000 years ago. Many archaeologists now believe their derivation from the Jomon period going back only 15,000 to 2,000 years.

Acknowledgements

The University Museum, The University of Tokyo

We express our gratitude to the following institutions, which generously lent us important works for the present exhibit: Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, National Museum of Japanese History, The National Science Museum, Kiyoshikojin-Seicho-ji Temple, Mr. AKASEGAWA Genpei, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tessai Museum, Kohfukuji, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, and Center for Research on Pictorial Cultural Resources. We also appreciate Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. for their enormous contribution to the catalogue production.  Finally, we are grateful to each of the following companies who cooperated with us in research related to this project: Hitachi, Ltd., KYOTO KAGAKU CO., LTD., IWASAKI Be-I Co., Ltd., Tansei Institute Co., Ltd., YAMAGIWA CORPORATION, Jepro Forum Co., Ltd., UNICA CO., LTD., BOKUUNDO CO., LTD., KENZAN-TOKYO CO., LTD., and Handa Kyuseido.

Participants

ABE Syuei / ARAMATA Hiroshi / ARIFUKU Kazuaki / BEPPU Yumiko / CHIBA Tomoyuki / EBINA Midori / ENDO Hidenori / FUJIKAWA Satoshi / FUJITA Atsuko / FUKUZUMI Haruo / FUMOTO Ayumi / FUTAKO Noboru / GLOVER Yoshikazu / GOTO Daisuke / HANDA Tatsuji / HASHIMOTO Norihito / HAYAKAWA Akihiro / HIGUCHI Hiroyoshi / HORIUCHI Junichi / IKEMIZU Mito / IKEUCHI Katsushi / IKEUCHI Masatsugu / IMAMURA Keiji / INOUE Taisuke / INOUE Yuichi / ISHII Rie / ISOGAI Yuki / ISONO Masaaki / IWAMOTO Yumiko / IWASA Tetsuo / IZEKI Daisuke / JITSUKAWA Rie / KAMAKURA Manako / KAMIUCHIToshiro / KAMIYA. Toshiro / KANAZAWA Momoe / KANEKO Masahisa / KATAYAMA Naoki / KATO Toshikazu / KATORI Yuko / KIDO Atsuro / KINOSHITAChiharu / KINOSHITA Naoyuki / KOHNO Toshitake  / KOMATSU Kaori / KOMIYAMA Hiroshi / KONDO Yasuhisa / KONDO Yuki / KONISHI Masayasu/ KUBO Yoko / KUMAGAI Kaoru / KURASHIGE Yuhei / KUSASHIO Takuro / KUSHIDA Kiyomi / MAEDA Hiroshi / MASUDA Tomohito / MATSUDA Akira / MATSUURA Ryosuke / MIKUNI Hiroko / MINAMI Natsuki / MINATO Sonoko / MIURA Atsushi / MIYAIRI Yosuke / MIYAZAKI Katsumi / MIYAZAKI Yumiko / MIZUNO Ryo / MORI Yumiko / MORITA Minori / MURAO Naho / MURATA Mariko / NAGANUMA Akiko / NAGASAWA Yuko / NAGASHIMA Akio / NAITO Yosuke / NAKAHARA Yusuke / NAKAMURA Hiroaki / NAKAMURA Takenori / NAKATA Yuko / NAKATSUUMI Yuko / NEGISHI Hiroshi / NISHIAKI Yoshihiro / NISHINO Yoshiaki / NISHITAKATSUJI Nobuhiro / NISHIZONO Kiyoko / NORISAKA Chiyo / OKABE Akinari / OKAMOCHI Mitsuhiko / OGAWA Hiromitsu / OGAWA Makiko / OGAWA Yayoi / OMATA Hitomi / OMICHI Juntaro / ONUKI Yoshio / OTSUKA Kimio / SAGAWA Tatemasa / SAJI Yukari / SAKAMOTO Kensaku / SAKAMOTO Mitsukane / SAKAMOTO Miya / SAKAMURA Ken / SARUTA Utako/ SASAKI Moritoshi / SATANI Kazuhiko / SATO Hiroko / SATO Kenichi / SATO Naofumi / SATO Takanobu / SAWA Masahiro / SEKINE Junko / SHIBUYA Miwa / SHIBUYA Yuki / SHIOBARA Akihiko / SHIOKAWA Makoto / SHIOZAKI Hiroshi / SUGIMURA Ayako / SUGIYAMA Naoko / SUZUKI Chikahiko / SUZUKI Hiroyuki / SUZUKI Yohei / SUWA Gen / SUZUKI Hiroyuki / TABEI Rie / TAGAI Tokuhei / TAKADO Takashi / TAKAHASHI Kana / TAKAHASHI Ken / TAKATSUKI Seiki / TAKEMOTO Masayo / TAKIDA Mizuki / TAKUBO Chiaki / TANABE Mie / TANAKA Chiaki / TANAKA Toshiko / TATE Hazuki / TERADA Ayumi / TSUJI Yoshiko / TSUNODA Takuro /TSURUMI Eisei / TSUTSUI Yayoi / UNNO Kazuo / USAKA Tomonori / USHINO Tsuyoshi / YABE Mikiko / YAMADA Toshihiro / YAMAZAKI Toko / YAMAZAKI Wakako / YANO Nanae / YASUKAWA Toru / YOKOYAMA Yukiko / YOSHIDA Kunio / YOSHIFUJI Shinkichi / YUASA Makiko / WATAMURA Ayako / WATANABE Yo

Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation

Jepro Forum Co. Ltd.

IWASAKI B.I.Co., Ltd.

Kohfukuji

KRANTS Co.

KYOTO KAGAKU CO., LTD.

National Museum of Japanese History

The National Science Museum

Tansei Institute Co., Ltd.

Tessai Museum

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Yamashina Institute for Ornithology

The College Art Museum, College of Arts Sciences, The University of Tokyo

General Library, The University of Tokyo

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Medical Museum, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo