Navigating Through Kofun Imagery An Analysis of the Boat Depictions Found in Decorated Tombs in Northern Kyūshū-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Navigating Through Kofun Imagery An Analysis of the Boat Depictions Found in Decorated Tombs in Northern Kyūshū

Published:2023-08-29 Issue:1 Volume: Page:
ISSN:2385-3042
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Author:

Zancan Claudia¹

Affiliation:

1. Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

Abstract

The sōshoku kofun 装飾古墳 (decorated tombs) is a phenomenon of protohistoric art that developed during the Late Kofun Period (475‑710 CE) from Northern Kyūshū. This paper will discuss the data personally gathered from the iconographic and iconological analysis of the subject of the boat in seventeen sōshoku kofun in Northern Kyūshū, i.e. the present‑day prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki. The aim of this research is to understand how the subject of the boat developed artistically in this particular phenomenon of protohistoric art, why the boat was reproduced in a funerary context, and what information on the behind culture can be obtained by analysing the style, the iconography, and the links the subject of the boat has with both local and mainland symbolism.

Publisher

Edizioni Ca Foscari

Subject

Political Science and International Relations,Linguistics and Language,Sociology and Political Science,Religious studies,Cultural Studies

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