1961年1月,奈良非常寒冷,平均气温只有2.5℃。从去年11月就开始的第5次调查正在接近尾声。这次调查是在通称一条街的北侧进行的,这个位置距宫殿正中央略偏北一点。当时我们还没有发现宫城东倒的扩展部分,作为最后的工作,就是从所发现的灰坑底起取遗物。1月24日,下了一场小雪。田中琢和他的助手寺田崇宪,还有另外几位发掘人员都在灰坑里工作,这个灰坑的编号为Sk219。 January 1961, Nara is very cold, the average temperature is only 2.5 ℃. The fifth survey, started in November last year, is drawing to a close. The survey was conducted on the northern side of a street commonly known as a little north of the center of the palace. At that time, we did not find the expansion of Miyagi eastward. As a last resort, we took relics from the bottom of the foundations of gray pits. January 24, under a light snow. Tanaka Zhuo and his assistant Terada Masuda, there are several other excavators are working in the gray pit, the gray pit number Sk219.