Mural tomb - Hekigabo

Japanese: 壁画墓 - へきがぼ

This refers to a tomb with paintings and other art on the walls of the tomb chamber. In Egypt, murals were painted on the burial chambers of royal tombs from the end of the Old Kingdom, and the practice gradually developed until by the New Kingdom, not only the walls but also the ceilings of the burial chambers were covered with paintings and hieroglyphics. It was also practiced in Etruria from around the 6th century BCE, and was also seen in Rome and the Hellenistic world, but this article describes mural tombs in East Asia, mainly China. For information on Egypt and Europe, please see the entries for "pyramids" and "catacombs."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

墓室の壁面に絵画などを描いた墓をいう。エジプトでは古王国時代末期から王墓の玄室に壁画が描かれ，しだいに発展して，新王国時代には玄室の壁ばかりか天井をも絵画やヒエログリフで埋めつくすまでになる。そのほか前6世紀ころからエトルリアで行われ，ローマやヘレニズム世界にもみられるが，ここでは中国を中心に東アジアの壁画墓について記述する。エジプトやヨーロッパについては〈ピラミッド〉〈カタコンベ〉などの項を参照されたい。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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