| Abstract |
Clay figurine (dogû). Middle Jomon. H. 22,0 cm. Sakaue Site, Nagano-ken. Complex patterns of thin lines cover the lower half of the body and legs. The decorative scheme characterizes the figurines of this period. First, a vertical line is drawn from the navel, which is marked by a small protuberance, and curved spatula-shaped lines are made symmetrically under the breasts. The hip is covered with triangular geometric shapes. Such a decorative scheme began to appear at the beginning of the Middle Jomon and developed into the more complex pattern of this example by the second half of the Middle Jomon. In central Honshû where this clay figurine comes from, the customs of using figurines became
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