Mirror with inscription of the year

Japanese: 紀年銘鏡 - きねんめいきょう
Mirror with inscription of the year

…The first mirror with a date inscription was found in the late Western Han Dynasty.
[Late Han-style mirror]
The Wang Mang period, which lay between the Western and Eastern Han dynasties, was a turning point, and new mirror styles also appeared.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "date-inscribed mirrors" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…前漢末には,竜文より便化したとみられる逆S字形の主文をもつ虺竜文(きりゆうもん)鏡がある。また前漢末には居摂元年(後6)銘の連弧文鏡があり,初めて紀年銘鏡が現れる。
[後漢式鏡]
 前漢から後漢の間にあった王莽時代は一つの時代の転換期で,鏡式も新しいものが登場する。…

※「紀年銘鏡」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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