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Mirror with TLV pattern and beast motif, modeled on Chinese mirrors

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Date
制作年 AD4
Title
ボウセイホウカクキクジュウモンキョウ
Materials, techniques and shape
絹本墨画
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Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
Ref. number
AW-CEN-001525-0000
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CC BY Images license
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慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

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The Han Dynasty, the heyday of mirror crafting in China, roughly corresponds to the Yayoi Period (3rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D.) in Japan’s history, so it was around this time that ancient Chinese mirrors were brought into Japan. Mirror-making patterned after Chinese mirrors was also started in Japan sometime during the Latter Yayoi Period and continued through the Tumulus Period (3rd-6th c.; also called the Kofun Era). Japan-made mirrors have been given the generic name “modeled mirrors” for obvious reasons. Compared with Chinese mirrors, early Japanese mirrors appear crude, with designs on the back almost completely faded. This is mainly due to the fact that Japanese craftsmen had not developed sufficient skills but also because the Japanese people did not thoroughly understand the concepts represented by the patterns and motifs found on ancient Chinese mirrors.

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AW-CEN-001525-0000
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CC BY
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慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

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Keio Museum Commons
Campus Mita
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Title (EN)
Mirror with TLV pattern and beast motif, modeled on Chinese mirrors

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Title (EN)
Mirror with TLV pattern and beast motif, modeled on Chinese mirrors