Ishinuki Cave - Ishinuki Cave

…There are also some that use line engravings instead of colored paintings, which were not classified as a single group. Many of these, such as the Karimata Tomb in Kumamoto Prefecture, have drawings of multiple boats superimposed on one another. In the case of cave tombs, there are many similar examples in Kyushu, such as the Ishinuki Tomb in Kumamoto Prefecture, which has concentric circles or triangles painted in red around the entrance, and the Omura Tomb in Kumamoto Prefecture, which has reliefs of vessels, people, and horses on the outer walls. There are also a few examples scattered around other regions, such as the Takaida Tomb in Osaka Prefecture, which has people and boats engraved on both sides of the passageway, and the Izumisaki Tomb in Fukushima Prefecture, which has a group of people and horses painted in red inside the room. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Ishinuki Yokoana" is listed below.

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…なお，とくに1群として分けなかったが，彩画のかわりに線刻画を用いたものがあって，これには熊本県仮又（かりまた）古墳のように，多数の舟の図を重ねて描いたものが多い。　横穴を墓室とするものの場合には，九州地方では熊本県石貫（いしぬき）横穴のように，入口のまわりに同心円や三角形を赤色で描いたものや，熊本県大村横穴のように，外壁に器物や人馬を浮彫にしたものがあって，いずれも多くの類例が群集している。他の地方にも，大阪府高井田（たかいだ）横穴の通路の両側壁に人物と舟とを線刻したものや，福島県泉崎（いずみさき）横穴の室内に人馬の群像を赤色で描いたものなど，少数の遺例が各地に散在している。…

※「石貫横穴」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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