Du'khung-ri Tomb (English: Du'khung-ri Tomb)

Japanese: 徳興里古墳 - とくこうりこふん（英語表記）Du'khung-ri

This mural tomb is located at the southern foot of Mt. Maikaku in Daan City, South Pyongan Province, North Korea. The walls of the tomb, which consists of two chambers, are almost entirely covered with murals. The murals in the front chamber depict the deceased's public life, such as going on a business trip and receiving officials, while those in the back chamber depict his private life, such as banquets and drinks at home, memorial services, and horseback archery. The tomb's academic value is further enhanced by the fact that some of the paintings have never been seen before and that the murals are in very good condition, as well as the long epitaph and various other inscriptions written in ink. According to the epitaph, the deceased's name is Zhen, and he died in December of the 18th year of the Yongle era (January 409). This is an extremely important resource not only for research on the mural tombs of Goguryeo, but also for research on the history of East Asia in the 4th and 5th centuries.

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Japanese:

北朝鮮平安南道大安市舞鶴山南麓の壁画古墳。前後2室から成る墓室の壁面には，ほぼ全面的に壁画が認められる。前室の壁画は出行図，官吏伺候図などの被葬者の生前の公的生活を表わし，後室のそれは，家居宴飲図，供養図，流鏑馬図などの私的な生活が描かれている。画題に従来まったくみられなかったものがあること，壁画の保存状態が大変よいことなどとともに，長文の墓誌銘をはじめ，さまざまな銘文が墨書されていて，この墓の学術上の価値を一層高めている。墓誌銘によれば，被葬者の名は鎮で，永楽 18年 12月 (409年1月) に死去している。高句麗の壁画古墳研究にとってだけでなく，4～5世紀の東アジアの歴史研究にきわめて重要な資料である。

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