Tomb of Sima Jinlong - Shibakinryubo (English: Tomb of Sima Jinlong)

Japanese: 司馬金竜墓 - しばきんりゅうぼ（英語表記）Sī mǎ Jīn lóng mù

The joint tomb of Sima Jinlong (?-484), a senior official of the Northern Wei Dynasty in China, and his wife Jichen. It was discovered and investigated in 1965 southeast of Datong City, Shanxi Province, and southwest of Shijiazhai Village. It is a large brick tomb consisting of three chambers: a front chamber, a back chamber, and an ear chamber. The stone coffin floor, left abandoned in the back chamber, is decorated with reliefs of dragons, tigers, phoenixes, and gigugaku. A stone pillar base and a wooden panel with lacquer painting were placed on the corner path and back chamber of the back chamber, and the four edges of the stone pillar base are decorated with arabesque patterns and depictions of young children playing musical instruments and dancing. The wooden panel is 80cm long and 20cm wide, and is thought to be a screen (folding screen) set up on the stone pillar base.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，北魏の重臣司馬金竜(？‐484)と妻姫辰の合葬墓。1965年，山西省大同市の南東，石家寨村南西で発見され調査が行われた。大型の塼室墓で前室，後室，耳室の3室よりなる。後室に放置されていた石製の棺床には竜，虎，鳳凰，伎楽の浮彫が施されている。石柱礎と漆絵を施した木板が後室の角道と後室に置かれていたが，石柱礎石の四周には，唐草文様をあしらい，楽器を演奏し舞踏する童子が描かれている。木板は長さ80cm，幅20cmで，石柱礎にたてられたついたて(屛風)と考えられる。

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