uzumaki　渦巻

KEY WORD :　architecture / decorations

Also uzumakimon 渦巻文, uzugata 渦形, volute, scroll. A decorative spiral pattern found throughout the world on prehistoric ceramic ware. Variations in China included the spiral-square, *inazumamon 稲妻文, and the *unkimon 雲気文 pattern based on "S" and "C" shapes. In Japan, spiral patterns are found on Joumon period (pre-300 BC) earthenware vessels and wall paintings, genshizumon 原始図文, in cave dwellings, yokoana 横穴. In eastern Japan many earthenware pieces from the early Joumon period (c.4000-3000 BC) have been found with spiral decoration and patterns of concentric circles, doshin enmon 同心円文, applied around the neck of tall pots in narrow (2mm) strips of clay. Production reached a peak in the middle Jomon period (c.3000-2000 BC), when the upper half of the pots were covered with bold spiral designs in upstanding coils ryuukisenmon 隆起線文. Good examples can be seen in　the Fujimichou Sori 富士見町曽利 excavations in Nagano prefecture.

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