The Grave of Ihokkibe Tokutarihime - The Grave of Ihokkibe Tokutarihime

…It is also called a tombstone inscription. Originally, it was a genre of Chinese writing, and refers to a text buried in a tomb to clarify who the tomb's owner was, even as time passed. It usually consists of a prose preface that gives a biography of the tomb's owner, and a verse inscription that commemorates and praises the owner, but there are rare cases where one of them is missing, and even if there is no inscription, it is usually called a tombstone inscription. The material used for the inscription is generally stone so that it can be preserved underground, but brick or metal, especially copper plate, may also be used. …

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…墓誌銘ともいう。本来，中国の文章のジャンルの一つで，墓中に埋め，時代が移り変わっても，墓の主がだれかをあきらかにするための文をいう。通例，墓主の伝記を書いた散文の〈序〉と，墓主を記念賛頌する韻文の〈銘〉とから成るが，どちらか一方を欠くばあいもまれにあり，〈銘〉がなくても〈墓誌銘〉と呼ぶのがふつうである。刻される材料は，土中でも保存されるように，石を使用するのが一般的であるが，塼（せん）や金属，特に銅板が使用されることもある。…

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