Kakha Tomb - Kakha Tomb

…When Buddhism was introduced to China, cremation was practiced mainly among monks, who placed the body in a stone coffin-style ossuary and built a tomb tower. In Japan, hokkafun tombs, which were made by placing the body at the cremation site itself as a grave, appeared in the 6th and 7th centuries, but did not include an ossuary. From the end of the 7th century to the 8th century, cremation spread among government officials and aristocrats, and ossuaries made of Haji ware, Sue ware, glazed pottery such as green glaze, ash glaze, and three-colored pottery, gilt bronze, and glass were used. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…仏教が中国に伝わると主として僧侶間に火葬が行われ，石棺式の蔵骨器に入れて墓塔を建てた。日本では火葬地をそのまま墓にした火化墳が6,7世紀に現れるが蔵骨器は伴わない。7世紀末から8世紀にかけて官人･貴族間に火葬が広まり，土師器，須恵器，緑釉･灰釉･三彩などの施釉陶，金銅，ガラス製などの蔵骨器が用いられた。…

※「火化墳」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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