椁 - くく

Japanese: 椁 - かく
椁 - くく

…The outer box that holds the coffin is called a coffin, and wooden coffin tombs were an important funeral custom in ancient China. They appeared in the Dawenkou culture that developed in the Shandong region in the late Neolithic period. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "椁" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…棺をおさめる外箱を槨(椁)といい,木槨墓は中国古来の重要な葬制であった。新石器時代後期に山東地方で発達する大汶口(だいぶんこう)文化に出現している。…

※「椁」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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