Keyword: Kofun

Japanese Decorated Tombs

ed. Silvia Vesco et al.

This book examines one of ancient Japan’s most distinctive art forms: decorated burial chambers from the 4th to 8th centuries AD. Bringing together archaeological, art historical and digital approaches, it explores their origins, symbolism, regional spread and connections with wider East Asian funerary traditions. READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00

Burial Mounds in Europe and Japan

ed. Thomas Knopf et al.

This book brings together specialists of the European Bronze and Iron Age and the Japanese Yayoi and Kofun periods for the first time to discuss burial mounds in a comparative context. The book aims to strengthen knowledge of Japanese archaeology in Europe and vice versa. READ MORE

Paperback: £38.00 | eBook: £16.00

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