Ishiyakata

Japanese: 石屋形 - いしやかた
Ishiyakata

...The entrance is closed with slabs of stone or blocks, and can be reopened. Stone, wooden, or ceramic coffins are used, but in Kyushu and other areas, facilities called sekishou (stone barriers), ishiyakata (stone houses), and shiboku (corpse beds) that separate the interior space with slabs of stone have developed, and in these cases, coffins are not used. There are also cases where a small room is set up in front of the main chamber, making it a multi-room structure. ...

From [Decorated Tomb]

…Some of these, such as the Nagazare Tomb in Kumamoto Prefecture, have straight-arc patterns carved in relief, while others, such as the Idera Tomb in Kumamoto Prefecture, have straight-arc patterns engraved in lines. The latter also contain concentric circle patterns, but in the Segoko Tomb No. 1 Tomb in Kumamoto Prefecture, concentric circles and quivers are used, and in the Segoko Tomb No. 3 Tomb, instead of a stone barrier, concentric circles, quivers, swords, boats, etc. are engraved on the stone hut (a storage facility built adjacent to the back wall of the stone chamber). Although only carvings are mentioned, in the above examples, mineral pigments such as red or red, white, and blue are used on top of the patterns. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Stone Yagata" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…入口の閉塞には板石や塊石を用い,再び開くことが可能となっている。棺は石棺,木棺,陶棺等を用いるが,九州などでは板石で室内を区切る石障(せきしよう),石屋形(いしやかた),屍床などと呼ばれる施設が発達し,その場合は棺を用いなかったらしい。また,玄室の前に小室を設け複室とする例もある。…

【装飾古墳】より

…これにも熊本県長砂連(ながざれ)古墳のように,直弧文を浮彫したものと,熊本県井寺(いでら)古墳のように,直弧文を線刻したものとがある。後者には同心円の文様もまじえているが,熊本県千金甲(せごんこう)1号墳では,同心円と靫(ゆき)とを用い,千金甲3号墳では,石障ではなく,石屋形(いしやかた)(石室奥壁に接して組み立てられた安置施設)に同心円,靫,大刀(たち),舟などを線刻したものに変化している。なお,彫刻とのみ記したが,以上の諸例においては,その上に,赤1色または赤,白,青などの,鉱物質顔料を用いた彩色を施している。…

※「石屋形」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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