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Nara and Heian Sake: Court Brewing and History

Beneath the grass of the Heijo Palace site in Nara, archaeologists uncovered a well surrounded by hexagonal stone paving. Nearby lay wooden pipes, the sockets of large ceramic jars, and wooden tablets carrying notes about brewing.

Nara and Heian Sake: Court Brewing and History

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Beneath the grass of the Heijo Palace site in Nara, archaeologists uncovered a well surrounded by hexagonal stone paving.

Nearby lay wooden pipes, the sockets of large ceramic jars, and wooden tablets carrying notes about brewing.

They belonged to a government office, and its job […] The post Nara and Heian Sake:

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Beneath the grass of the Heijo Palace site in Nara, archaeologists uncovered a well surrounded by hexagonal stone paving. Nearby lay wooden pipes, the sockets of large ceramic jars, and wooden tablets carrying notes about brewing. They belonged to a government office, and its job […] The post Nara and Heian Sake:

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