Mut'ulu-ch'ong (English spelling)

Japanese: 牟頭婁塚 - むとうるづか（英語表記）Mut‘ulu‐ch‘ong

This earthen tomb is located in Xiayangtou, near Marudoseong (present-day Ji'an, Jilin Province, China), the capital of the mid-Goguryeo period. It has two stone chambers, a main chamber and an antechamber, and it is believed that two people were buried in the main chamber. The walls are plastered, but there are no murals. There is an ink-written epitaph on the upper wall at the front of the antechamber, which is believed to have originally been about 800 characters long, but only about 200 are currently legible. The inscription reads "Great Ambassador Mutulu," confirming that the tomb's owner was Mutulu. According to the epitaph, Mutulu lived during the reign of King Gwanggaeto of Korea at the end of the 4th century, and it is known that his clan was a powerful clan in Goguryeo that served the kings of Goguryeo for generations and was responsible for the governance of his hometown, North Buyeo.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

高句麗中期の都の丸都城(現，中国吉林省集安)に近い下魚羊頭にある土墳。石築の主室と前室の2室を構え，主室には2人が埋葬されていたと推定される。壁面にはしっくいが塗られているが，壁画は描かれていない。前室正面の上壁に墨書の墓誌があり，それは本来800字ほどであったと推定されるが，現在約200字を判読できるにすぎない。題記に〈大使者牟頭婁〉とあり，墓主は牟頭婁であることが確認される。墓誌によれば，牟頭婁は4世紀末の広開土王時代の人で，彼の氏族は出身地の北扶余の支配を担当して高句麗王に代々仕えた高句麗の有力な氏族であったことが知られる。

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