Lid-shaped Haniwa - Silken lid-shaped Haniwa

...The unglazed clay objects that are lined up in various places on the outside of the ancient tombs are collectively called haniwa, but in archaeological terms, they are broadly divided into cylindrical haniwa and figurative haniwa. In this case, figurative haniwa refers to haniwa that are modeled after various man-made or natural objects. If further divided by subject, there are house-shaped haniwa and utensil-shaped haniwa that are modeled after man-made objects, and animal-shaped haniwa and human-shaped haniwa that are modeled after natural objects. The Nihon Shoki records that the origin of figurative haniwa dates back to the time of Emperor Suinin, when Nomi no Sukune made haniwa in the shapes of people, horses, and various other objects and erected them in his tomb as a substitute for suicide.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "lidded haniwa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…古墳の外表各所に列置した素焼きの土製品を埴輪と総称するが，考古学用語としては，これをさらに円筒埴輪と形象埴輪とに大別する。その場合の形象埴輪とは，各種の人工物や自然物の形態をかたどった埴輪の意味である。さらにその対象によって細分すると，人工物をかたどったものに家形（いえがた）埴輪，器財埴輪があり，自然物をかたどったものに動物埴輪，人物埴輪がある。　形象埴輪の起源について，《日本書紀》には，垂仁天皇の時に野見宿禰（のみのすくね）が人馬および種々（くさぐさ）のものの形の埴輪を作って陵墓に立て，殉死に代えたことにはじまると記している。…

※「蓋形埴輪」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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