The Dolmens of Japan & Their BuildersW. Clowes & sons, Limited, 1899 - 55 ページ |
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9 inches Allée couverte back wall beads Bizen breadth bronze BUILDERS built burial mounds Chamber roof chief circular cist coated with gold constructed Contains a hewn covered dimensions DOLMEN CONTAINED dolmen of Class Dolmen Period dolmen-building double mounds east wall Emperor feet 6 inches feet 9 feet long foot found in dolmens four stones Gallery in line gilt copper hewn slabs hewn stone sarcophagus Hōki Imaichi Imperial Impf inches high inches long Inner chamber iron swords Izumo Japan Kokubu Kōtsuke Kyūshū line with east magatama metal moat mounds and dolmens occur phagi potter's wheel pottery PROV province remains found rites Rokuya Tamba Roof of chamber roof of four roof of three Roof stone rude megalithic SCALE OF FEET SECTIONAL ELEVATION Settsu Shiba dolmen SHIBA KAWACHI side silver Simple conical simple mounds steatite tazza terra-cotta terraces three stones tombs total length tumulus typical specimen vase vessels warrior Yamato
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20 ページ - Bergen zuwandte, kamen aus bit are flat plates, with a beautiful curved outline. Each consists of a plate of hammered iron, to the exterior of which, in order to protect it from oxidation and for purposes of display, a thin sheet of copper, coated with gold, is attached by means of studs running round its margin. The lower bit is of similar construction, bat of a more elaborate design. Each check -piece is in the form of an eight-pointed star in pierced open work and decorated with ornamental studs.
17 ページ - When a warrior was laid in these rude stone chambers of the dead, his wants in a future world, where he was supposed to continue his existence, were supplied in unstinted measure. He was clothed in his robes , adorned with his personal Ornaments, his implements of war and of the chase, and the bits and trappings of his horse were all placed near him. Around and at the entrance of the dolmen chamber were arranged offerings of food, water, wine, and flowers , in vessels of pottery, some of which are...
8 ページ - Hyuga which are remote from the central provinces, the seats of the recognised emperors. This would seem to indicate that these regions were once independent centres, or were governed by chiefs who were regarded as equals with the central ruling family.
19 ページ - The upper one is 2 ft. 6| in. long. The grip is of wood enclosed in copper plates coated with gold and decorated with fine punched scrollwork. The pommel is of a curious form and consists of the same metal expanded into a large bulb-like head. The guard is also of copper coated with gold, and is pierced with the trapezoidal apertures characteristic of the Dolmen Period. Three broad bands and two rings of silver encircle the wooden scabbard, the latter having loops for the attachment of the cords...
19 ページ - ... copper plates coated with gold and decorated with fine punched scrollwork. The pommel is of a curious form and consists of the same metal expanded into a large bulb-like head. The guard is also of copper coated with gold, and is pierced with the trapezoidal apertures characteristic of the Dolmen Period. Three broad bands and two rings of silver encircle the wooden scabbard, the latter having loops for the attachment of the cords by which the sword was suspended. The other sword is similar to...
20 ページ - XL). 92 plates of iron riveted together with iron rivets ; whilst in the cuirass on the left, the back of which only has survived, the plates have been fastened together with thongs or cords. Both the cuirasses differ entirely in form and construction from those of historical times, but they agree very closely with the armour represented on the te.rra-cotta figures (tsuchi-ningyo) which, about the beginning of our era, were set up around the summits of the tumuli of emperors and important personages...
24 ページ - ... Settsu and Kawachi, were frequently used instead of those of stone. A typical specimen, which I obtained from a dolmen in the former province, is in the British Museum. It is of unusually small size, its internal dimensions being — length, 4 feet 9 inches ; breadth, 1 foot 4 inches ; and depth, 7^ inches.
8 ページ - That these large double mounds are the tombs of men of the highest rank or of pre-eminent power is, I think, not open to doubt. Their vast bulk implies the labour of many hundreds of men for a considerable time for their construction, and this only a chief or supreme ruler could command. According to N Japanese archaeologists, the earliest is the tomb of the Emperor Annei (c.
20 ページ - ... and, although of archaic form, are wheel-made, and of less ancient date than supposed by them that they were introduced from Korea. This is an entirely erroneous assumption, as although I have seen pottery of this kind in the process of manufacture in Korea, yet the pottery of the old burial mounds of that country never bears these markings, and they are only found on Korean vessels of modern or comparatively recent date. the above. These I found in a rock-hewn tomb at Yasui (Izumo), associated...