Artworks

Painted wall, Takehara Tomb

Artwork · Anonymous · c. 550–c. 650 · wall painting

Red and black painting on the rear wall of the burial chamber: two large ceremonial fans frame a spotted black creature with a boat, a groom leading a horse above a boat, and waves below — perhaps the journey of the soul. 1 Mason 2005, p. 37, fig. 40. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.