Researchers Database

Sakuraba Rikuo

Research Institute of Cultural Properties Assistant Professor

Last Updated :2026/09/12

Researcher Information

Affiliation

Research Institute of Cultural Properties Assistant Professor

Degree

Bachelor(Humanities and Social Sciences)（2020/03 Hirosaki University）

Master(Humanities and Social Sciences)（2022/03 Hirosaki University）

Docter (Doctor of Letters)（2026/03 Teikyo University）

URL

https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=202301016200967323

J-Global ID

202301016200967323

Research Interests

Equus horse Central asia Nomadism Agriculture and livestock farming Hunting, Gathering, and Fishing livelihood cultural history of domesticated animals livestock cattle and horse use wear of stone tools fracture cut mark technique of animal butchering faunal exploitation Jōmon Culture Jomon Period Stone tools Bone tools faunal remain assemblage faunal remain ethnography experimental archaeology archaeology Zooarchaeology

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Archaeology / Humanities and Social Sciences, Archaeology

Academic & Professional Experience

2026/04 - Today Public interest incorporated foundationThe equine of museumcurator

2024/04 - 2026/03 Teikyo UniversityResearch Institute of Cultual Propertise

2023/04 - 2026/03 Yamanashi Cultural Properties Research Institute (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)researcher

2023/04 - 2024/03 Teikyo UniversityResearch Institute of Cultural PropertiesVisiting Researcher

2022/10 - 2023/03 Yamanashi Cultural Properties Research Institute (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)Research Associate

Education

2024/04 - 2026/03 Teikyo University Graduate School of Literature (Doctoral Program) Department of History and Cultural Heritage Studies (Japanese History and Cultural Properties Studies)

2020/04 - 2022/03 Hirosaki University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Program) Humanities and Social Sciences Program

2016/04 - 2020/03 Hirosaki University Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Cultural Regeneration Course

Association Memberships

The Japanese Society of Archaeology The Japanese Society for the Science of Cultural Properties Archaeology Society Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Society The Japanese Society for Zooarchaeology

Research Activity Information

Published Papers

Reconstruction of animal butchering techniques based on experimental trace analysis of cut mark form: analysis of faunal remains of Cervus nippon and Sus scrofa from the Sannō-gakoi site
Rikuo Sakuraba
Festschrift in Honor of Dr. Tadashi Midoshima on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday 221 - 230 2026/05 [Invited]

The basic research on the history of horse breeding and utilization in the Tohoku region
Rikuo Sakuraba
Bulletin of research institute of cultural properties, Teikyo University. 24 49 - 73 2026/03 [Refereed]
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Faunal resource exploitation in western Kyrgyz Republic during the Medieval Period: Faunal remains from theUzgen site
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Uetsuki; Bakit Amanbaeva
Bulletin of research institute of cultural properties, Teikyo University. 24 181 - 194 2026/03
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The process of butchering, cooking, and consuming livestock in modern Kyrgyz republic
Rikuo Sakuraba; Kanatbek Taichikov
Bulletin of research institute of cultural properties, Teikyo University 24 195 - 207 2026/03
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Ancient and Medieval Materials Related to Horses and Cattle on the Sea of Japan Coast of the Tohoku Region
Sakuraba Rikuo
Bulletin of the Research of Institute Cultural Properties, Yamanashi 64 2 - 6 2026/03 [Invited]

The diversity of Jomon culture as seen through animal butchering techniques
Rikuo SAKURABA
Doctoral thesis (Teikyo University) 2026/03

Butchery techniques in Late Jomon Kanto region based on bone fractures
Rikuo SAKURABA; Manabu UETSUKI
Zooarchaeology 43 37 - 60 2026/03 [Refereed]

Butchery techniques during the Final Jomon Period (ca. 2900–2700 cal BP) in Japan: A fracture analysis of limb bones of Cervus nippon and Sus scrofa
Rikuo Sakuraba
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Elsevier BV 66 105343 - 105343 2352-409X 2025/10 [Refereed]

Interregional Relations in the Lower Tone River Basin during the Late Jōmon Period as Seen Through the Utilization of Japanese Deer Resources
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Utsuki
The Bullten of the Reseach Institute of Cultural Properties, Teikyo University 23 57 - 67 2025/03 [Refereed]
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An Aspect of Animal Resource Utilization during the Jōmon Period on the Tango Peninsula: Vertebrate Remains Excavated from the Hamazume Site in Kyōtango City, Kyoto Prefecture
Rikuo Sakuraba
The Bulletin of Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Teikyo University 23 23 - 38 2025/03 [Refereed]
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Fundamental study on utilization of cattle and horses in Kyushu region
SAKURABA Rikuo
Journal of the Archaeological Society of Kyushu 99 23 - 45 2024/11 [Refereed]

A Basic Study of Animal Butchering Techniques Based on Analysis of Animal Bone Cut Marks and Stone Tool Use Marks
Rikuo Sakuraba
Yamanashi Archaeological Studies IX: Proceedings in Honor of the 45th Anniversary of the Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Society 69 - 78 2024/05

Faunal resource exploitation in Jomon period at Tohoku region Japan sea side
Rikuo SAKURABA
Zooarchaeology 41 39 - 49 2024/03 [Refereed]

Horse Breeding and Horse Utilization in Ancient and Medieval Aomori Prefecture
Rikuo Sakuraba
Journal of the Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Society 山梨県考古学協会 (30) 75 - 94 0918-6492 2023/07

Examining the Medieval Kaku Coast Based on Excavated Artifacts and Sedimentary Features
Fumie Okamoto; Takashi Nara; Manabu Utsuki; Rikuo Sakuraba
Archaeology in Niigata 34 49 - 64 2023/03

An Aspect of Animal Resource Utilization during the Jōmon Period on the Tango Peninsula: Vertebrate Remains Excavated from the Hamazume Site in Kyōtango City, Kyoto Prefecture
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Utsuki
Bulletin of Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Teikyo University 帝京大学文化財研究所 21 123 - 144 2433-8206 2023/02
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The research oh faunal resource exploitation and butchering techniques in the Jomon Period on the Pacific Coast of the Tohoku Region
櫻庭陸央
master's thesis (Hirosaki University) 2022/03

The Use of Horses by the Nanbu Clan in the Middle Ages: Zoological and Isotopic Studies of Horses Excavated from the Ruins of Nejo Castle
Manabu Utsuki; Takashi Gakuhari; Rikuo Sakuraba; Masako Funaba
Bulletin of Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Teikyo University 帝京大学文化財研究所 20 巻頭1p,233 - 246 2433-8206 2021/10
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Horse breeding and utilization in ancient and medieval Aomori Prefecture: Focusing on zooarchaeological analysis of horse remains from archaeological sites
Rikuo SAKURABA
Senior thesis (Hirosaki University) 2020/03

Books etc

Study of a Final Jomon "Bone Midden"
Rikuo Sakuraba; Marina Yamamoto; Manabu Uetsuki (Editor)Reseach Institute of Cultural Properties, Teikyo University 2026/02

Conference Activities & Talks

Temporal Variations in Wild Boar Resource Utilization on the Eastern Shore of Tokyo Bay during the Middle to Late Jomon Period
Rikuo Sakuraba; Marina Yamamoto; Manabu Utsuki
The 12th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Zooarchaeology 2025/07

Buthery techniques in Late Jomon Kanto region based on bone fractures
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Uetsuki
日本動物考古学会第11回大会 2024/07

The characteristics of horse population from the Early Modern period Shimousa region
Manabu Uetsuki; RikuoSakuraba; Marina Yamamoto; Hiroshi Miyagawa
日本動物考古学会第11回大会 2024/07

Regional Variations in the Use of Animal Resources in Medieval Kyrgyzstan
Uetsuki Manabu; Arai Saiji; Sakuraba Rikuo; Aida ABDYKANOVA; Kubatbek TABALDIEV; Bakyt AMANBAEVA; Yamauchi Kazuya
The 29th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology 2024/06

Historical Pathology of Cattle in Medieval Kamakura
Manabu Uetsuki; Marina Yamamoto; Rikuo Sakuraba
The 9th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Historical Pathology 2024/06

Changes in Horse Production and Utilization in the Tohoku Region
Rikuo Sakuraba
The 188th Regular Meeting of the Ancient Kai Province Research Society 2023/11

Terabemuratsuki No.10 site and other 4 sites(No.2)
Rikuo Sakuraba
Yamanashi Prefecture Archaeological Association: 2023 Archaeological Survey Presentation Session No. 1 2023/10

Recent Findings from the Cataloging of Materials from the Futatsumori Shell Mound
Nobuhiko Kamijo; Masamitsu Sanyoshi; Rikuo Sakuraba
2023 Aomori Prefectural Archaeological Society Fall Conference 2023/10

Use of Animal Resources During the Jomon Period in the Lower Tone River Basin
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Utsuki
The 10th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Zooarchaeology 2023/07

Horse Breeding and Horse Utilization in Ancient and Medieval Aomori Prefecture
Rikuo Sakuraba
The 180th Regular Meeting of the Ancient Kai Province Research Society 2023/02

The Use of Animal Resources in the Late Jomon Period in Inland Areas
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Uetsuki; Nobuhiko Kamijo
The 87th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Association of Japan 2021/05

Works

Investigation of Animal Remains at the Kastek, Akrtas, and Sharyashuluk Sites in the Republic of Kazakhstan
2026/03 -2026/03

Investigation of Animal Remains Excavated from the Ak-Beshim Site in the Kyrgyz Republic
2025/07 -2025/08

Archaeological Excavation at the Ak-Beshim Site in the Kyrgyz Republic
2025/04 -2025/05

Investigation of Animal Remains Excavated from the Ak-Beshim Site in the Kyrgyz Republic
2025/02 -2025/03

Investigation of Animal Remains Excavated from the Ak-Beshim Site in the Kyrgyz Republic
2024/07 -2024/08

Archaeological Excavation at the Ak-Beshim Site in the Kyrgyz Republic
2024/04 -2024/05

Investigation of Animal Remains Excavated from the Ak-Beshim and Uzgen Sites in the Kyrgyz Republic
2024/02 -2024/03

Archaeological Excavation at the Tenjin-Nishi Site in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture
2023/12 -2024/02

Investigation of Animal Remains Excavated from the Ak-Beshim Site in the Kyrgyz Republic
2023/08 -2023/08

Archaeological Excavation at Terabemuratsuki No. 10 Site, Minamiarupusu City, Yamanashi Prefecture
2022/10 -2023/07

Archaeological Excavation at the Yunosawa Site in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture
2021/08 -2021/09

Archaeological Excavation at the Yunosawa Site in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture
2020/09 -2020/09

Archaeological Excavation at the Kamikawa Site in Matsumae Town, Hokkaido
2019/04 -2019/05

Archaeological Excavation at the Fukuyama Castle Town Site in Matsumae, Hokkaido
2018/08 -2018/08

Survey of Tombstones and Stone Structures in Obama City, Fukui Prefecture
2017/09 -2017/09

Archaeological Excavation at the Fukuyama Castle Town Site in Matsumae, Hokkaido
2017/08 -2017/08

MISC

Section 2: Vertebrate Remains Unearthed During the 24th Survey of the Nakazawa Shell Mound
Marina Uetsuki, Marina Yamamoto, Rikuo Sakuraba Nakazawa Shell Mound, Kamagaya City, Chiba Prefecture—Report on the 24th Archaeological Excavation— 2026/03

Faunal remains excavated from Hasedo Shell Midden 1955 survey
Rikuo SAKURABA; Manabu UETSUKI; Ryota NAKAKADO; Ryuzaburo TAKAHASHI Bulletin of the Graduate School , Arts and Sciences of Waseda University 71- 705 -726 2026/03
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6. The result of faunal remains analysis
Rikuo Sakuraba; Marina Yamamoto; Manabu Uetsuki Ak-Beshm(Suyab)2024 243 -245 2026/02

Temporal Variations in Wild Boar Resource Utilization on the Eastern Shore of Tokyo Bay during the Middle to Late Jomon Period
Rikuo Sakuraba; Marina Yamamoto; Manabu Utsuki Program and Abstracts of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Zooarchaeology 37 -37 2025/07

Chapter 2: Animal Remains
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Utsuki Research on the Sannō-i Site, a National Historic Site, Vol. VI: Natural Artifacts, Scientific Analysis, Discussion, and Summary 18 -47 2025/03

Chapter 2: Scientific Analyses — Animal Remains Recovered from the 7th Excavation at the Ichigaya-Nakanomachi West Site
Rikuo Sakuraba Ichigaya-Nakanomachi West Site VII, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 119 -124 2025/03 [Invited]

8. Animal Remains
Manabu Uetsuki; Rikuo Sakuraba Japan-Kyrgyz joint Archaeological Expedition reports Volume 4, Ak-Beshim(Suyab)2022-2023 308 -310 2025/03

C Animal Remains
Rikuo Sakuraba; Tamiki Kunishita Report on the Excavation of Mawariyama Ancient burial mounds No. 4 19 -19 2025/02

Buthery techhiques Jomon Kanto region based on bone fractures
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Uetsuki 日本動物考古学会第11回大会プログラム・抄録集 40 2024/07

The characteristics of horse population from the Early Modern period Shimousa region
Manabu Uetsuki; Rikuo Sakuraba; Marina Yamamoto; Hiroshi Miyagawa 日本動物考古学会第11回大会プログラム・抄録集 35 2024/07

1 Animal Remains at the Michiai Site
Manabu Utsuki; Rikuo Sakuraba; Marina Yamamoto Kita Ward, Michiai Site (10th Survey) 75 -103 2024/06

Regional Variations in the Use of Animal Resources in Medieval Kyrgyzstan
Uetsuki Manabu; Arai Saiji; Sakuraba Rikuo; Aida ABDYKANOVA; Kubatbek TABALDIEV; Bakyt AMANBAEVA; Yamauchi Kazuya Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology 47 -48 2024/06

An Experimental Report of Use-wear on Shale Stone Tools
SAKURABA Rikuo Bulletin of Research Institute of Cultural Properties TEIKYO University 22- 213 -218 2024/03
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A report on Vertebrate Remains from the Urajiri Shell Mound (addendum)
SAKURABA Rikuo; UETSUKI Manabu; KAWADA Tsuyoshi; TOIZUMI Takeji Bulletin of Research Institute of Cultural Properties TEIKYO University 22- 163 -181 2024/03
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Section 6: Animal remains
Manabu Uetsuki; Tsuneki Abe; Rikuo Sakuraba Final Report on the Soya Shell Mound, a Nationally Designated Historic Site 182 -204 2024/03

Section 2: Horse Remains Unearthed During the 13th Survey of the Hanadobaru Site
Utsuki Manabu; Rikuo Sakuraba Hanahara Site (Excavations 10–13) Nakababa Site (Excavations 9 and 10) 470 -476 2024/03

Section 4: Fish Remains Excavated from the Archaeological Sites Around Wakamiya-ōji
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Utsuki Report on the Emergency Survey of Buried Cultural Properties in Kamakura City No. 40 255 -266 2024/03

8. Results of the analysis of animal remains
Utsuki Manabu; Rikuo Sakuraba Teikyo University Silk Road Academic Survey Team Research Report No. 4: Ak-Beshim (Suyab), 2022–2023 296 -297 2024/03

Section 1: Animal Remains Excavated from the Kofu Castle Town Site (44-1 Takeda 1-chome)
Rikuo Sakuraba; Marina Yamamoto; Manabu Utsuki Kofu Castle Townsite Sites 32 34 -40 2023/12

Terabemuratsuki No. 10 site and other 4 sites (No.2)
Rikuo Sakuraba Archaeology in Yamanashi 169- 4 -5 2023/10

Terabemuratsuki No. 10 site and other 4 sites (No.2)
Rikuo Sakuraba Abstracts from the First Archaeological Survey Presentation of Fiscal Year 2023 (Reiwa 5) 4 -5 2023/10

Use of Animal Resources During the Jomon Period in the Lower Tone River Basin
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Utsuki Program and Abstracts of the 10th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Zooarchaeology 35 2023/07

Animal remains excavated from the Hatchobori 3-chome Site
Utsuki Manabu; Rikuo Sakuraba Hatchobori 3-chome (6th) Archaeological Site 118 -124 2023/03

Horse remains excavated from the Jujo Fujizuka district
Utsuki Manabu; Rikuo Sakuraba Jujo-dai Archaeological Site Complex III 287 -291 2023/03

Chapter 5: Analysis of Excavated Bone, Antler, and Shell Artifacts
Rikuo Sakuraba; Saori Yamaguchi; Manabu Utsuki; Nobuhiko Kamijo Research on the Sannōgakoi Site, a National Historic Site, Part II: Stone Tools, Stone Artifacts, Pottery, and Bone and Antler Artifacts 113 -123 2021/09

The Use of Animal Resources in the Late Jomon Period in Inland Areas
Rikuo Sakuraba; Manabu Utsuki; Nobuhiko Kamijo Abstracts of Research Presentations at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Association of Japan 103 2021/05

Awards & Honors

2026/03 Graduate School of Letters, Teikyo University 2025 Academic Excellence Awards (Valedictorian)

2021/08 Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hirosaki University 2020 Academic Excellence Awards

Research Grants & Projects

Experimental archaeology of animal bone cracking in the Jomon Period
公益財団法人高梨学術奨励基金：2025（令和7）年度若手研究助成
Date (from‐to) : 2025/04 -2026/03
Author : 櫻庭陸央

A Study of Animal Butchering Techniques in the Jomon Period
The Japan Science Association (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)：2024 Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant
Date (from‐to) : 2024/04 -2025/02
Author : Rikuo Sakuraba

Teaching Experience

Practical Course in Japanese Archaeology（Teaching assistant）Practical Course in Japanese Archaeology（Teaching assistant） Hirosaki University

Committee Membership

2024/01 -2024/07 Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Society Organizing Committee for the 45th Anniversary of the Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Association

Academic Contribution

Advice on Conducting Surveys and Analysis of Animal Remains Excavated from the Urajiri Shell Mound in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture
Date (from-to) :2026/03/25-2026/03/27
Type: Others

Silk Road Studies Society Winter 2026
Date (from-to) :2026/01/10-2026/01/11
Type: Academic society etc
Organizer, responsible person: Teikyo University Institute for Cultural Heritage Studies / National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic

Zooarchaeology Workshop in Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek：Exchange Program to Establish a Hub for Documenting and Utilizing the Culinary Cultural Heritage of the Silk Road
Date (from-to) :2025/08/07-2025/08/08
Type: Others
Organizer, responsible person: Research of Institute CulturalProperties,Teikyo University

Silk Road Studies Society Summer 2025
Date (from-to) :2025/07/05-2025/07/06
Type: Academic society etc
Organizer, responsible person: Research of Institute Cultural properties, Teikyo University / National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic

Silk Road Studies Society Winter 2025
Date (from-to) :2025/01/25-2025/01/26
Type: Academic society etc
Organizer, responsible person: Research of Institute Cultural properties, Teikyo University / National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic

Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Association 45th Anniversary Lecture: “The Cutting Edge of Archaeology in Yamanashi III”
Date (from-to) :2024/07/28
Type: Competition etc
Organizer, responsible person: Yamanashi Prefectural Archaeological Association

Silk Road Studies Society Summer 2024
Date (from-to) :2024/07/20-2024/07/21
Type: Academic society etc
Organizer, responsible person: Research of Institute Cultural properties, Teikyo University / National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic

Workshop of Zoological Archaeology (Teikyo University Hachioji Campus 2023 Open Campus)
Date (from-to) :2023/09/17
Type: Others