El Tajin (English spelling)

Japanese: El Tajin(英語表記)ElTajin
El Tajin (English spelling)

...It was closely related to the Olmec culture and then to the Teotihuacan culture, and on the basis of these cultural traditions, a unique culture blossomed around the 6th century. The largest center of the Totonaca culture was the El Tajin ruins, where it produced a style of architecture decorated with wall niches and geometric patterns, a style of stone carving characterized by arabesque patterns, and the "Yugo-Palma-Ritual Stone Axe" complex, which is a stone model of ball game equipment. The "laughing dolls" known as the Remojadas style are also characteristic of this region. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "El Tajin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…最初にオルメカ文化と,次にテオティワカン文化と密接な関係をもち,そうした文化伝統の上に,6世紀ころ独特の文化を開花させた。トトナカTotonaca文化の最大の中心はエル・タヒンEl Tajin遺跡で,壁龕(へきがん)や幾何学文様の装飾を施した建築様式,唐草文状の文様を特徴とする石彫様式,球技用防具の石製模型である〈ユーゴ・パルマ・儀礼用石斧〉複合,などの美術様式を生み出した。また,レモーハダス様式とよばれる〈笑う人形〉もこの地方の特徴である。…

※「El Tajin」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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