Mirror with deity and divine beast design modeled on Chinese mirrors
- Date
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制作年 AD4
- Title
- ボウセイドウコウシキシンジュウキョウ
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 銅
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001914-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
- URL
- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Artifact Circle Font Metal Monochrome
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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- Title (EN)
- Mirror with deity and divine beast design modeled on Chinese mirrors
Physical description
- Weights and quantities
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Quantity 1面
- Attachments
- 内箱（朱漆）／仕覆2点
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