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A Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is an ancient type of Japanese round bronze mirror decorated with images of gods and animals from Chinese mythology. The obverse side has a polished mirror and the reverse has relief representations of legendary Chinese shén (Script error: No such module "Lang". "spirit; god"), xiān (Script error: No such module "Lang". "transcendent; immortal"), and legendary creatures.
History
The Script error: No such module "lang". style of bronze mirror originated from the Chinese magic mirrors and was frequently produced during the Han dynasty, Three Kingdoms, and Six Dynasties (1st–6th centuries CE). With the spread of Chinese bronze casting technology, Script error: No such module "lang". were also produced in Japan and the Lelang Commandery and Daifang Commandery in the Korean peninsula. The c. 297Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang". "Records of Wei"), which is part of the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Script error: No such module "Lang".), has the first historical reference to bronze mirrors in Japan. It chronicles tributary relations between Queen Himiko of Wa and the Wei court, and records that in 239, Emperor Cao Rui sent presents to Himiko, including "one hundred bronze mirrors".Template:Sfnp
Variations
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Kurotsuka kofun tomb excavated in Nara Prefecture contained 33 Script error: No such module "lang". bronze mirrors. Some scholarsTemplate:SfnpTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp believe they are the original mirrors that Emperor Cao Rui presented to Queen Himiko, but others disagree.
See also
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External links
- Template:In lang 7号鏡 神人龍虎画像鏡 Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Shinjūkyō picturing a transcendent, dragon, and tiger, Kobe Archeology Center (click image for navigation)
- Template:In lang 三角縁神獣鏡, Sankakuen- shinjūkyō from the Yoshinogari site, Kyoto University Museum