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*''Japanese'': 石鍋 ''(ishinabe)''
''Ishinabe'' (lit. "stone pot") are a type of ancient cooking vessel made from talc stone, found in c. 8th-10th century sites as far east as the [[Kanto|Kantô]], and as far south & west as [[Hateruma Island]] in the southern [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]]. Made from stone mined in what is today [[Nagasaki prefecture]], these stone pots are one of a number of forms of archaeological evidence for ancient trade connections between "mainland" Japan and the Ryukyus.
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==References==
*Akamine Mamoru, Lina Terrell (trans.), Robert Huey (ed.), ''The Ryukyu Kingdom: Cornerstone of East Asia'', University of Hawaii Press (2017), 13.
[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Culture]]