Image stone tombstone - gazosekibo

Japanese: 画像石墓 - がぞうせきぼ
Image stone tombstone - gazosekibo

...This category includes the following four types of Japanese kofun: (1) stone coffins decorated with reliefs or carvings, (2) side-entry stone chambers with stone barriers decorated with reliefs or carvings, (3) side-entry stone chambers with painted patterns or murals on the walls, and (4) side-entry stone chambers with reliefs, carvings, or painted paintings on the interior or exterior walls of the tomb. However, outside of Japan, a tomb is not considered decorated even if it has carvings on the stone coffin, and a tomb with murals or reliefs on the walls is called a mural tomb or a stone tomb with a picture, but is not called a decorated tomb. In Japan, decorated tombs are often the subject of particular interest because of the art historical interest in their decorations, as well as the importance of the regional characteristics of the four types, which are concentrated in the northern Kyushu region, mainly in the four prefectures of Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Oita, and Saga.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "image tombs" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本の古墳のうち,(1)浮彫または線刻で飾った石棺,(2)浮彫または線刻で飾った石障(せきしよう)をもつ横穴式石室,(3)壁面に彩色文様ないし壁画を描いた横穴式石室,(4)墓室の内壁または外壁に浮彫,線刻,彩色画などのある横穴,以上の4種をふくむ。しかし,日本以外の地域では,石棺に彫刻があっても装飾古墳ということはなく,墓室に壁画や浮彫があるものも,壁画墓,画像石墓などとはいうが,装飾古墳とはいわない。日本で装飾古墳をとくに問題にすることが多いのは,その装飾にたいする美術史的な関心とともに,以上の4種がいずれも,主として福岡・熊本・大分・佐賀4県にわたる,九州北部地方に密集して存在するという地域的特性を重視するからである。…

※「画像石墓」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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