About this objectSeveral series of excavations at Fujinoki tomb, starting in 1985, revealed the remains of at least two individuals and numerous burial goods including ceramics, glass beads and more horse trappings than found in any other tomb to date. The tack, which included saddle bows decorated with fish, elephants, phoenixes, rabbits, and other motifs, has been compared stylistically with artefacts found in the Northern Yan kingdom (407–36), now north-eastern China. Such styles are not seen elsewhere in Japan or Korea.
The tomb also contained funerary shoes and a crown, as seen in the Silla tombs in Gyeongju [EXH117 and see Burial Bling).
Date Made6th century
PeriodKofun
Subject and Association KeywordsDeath and burials
Subject and Association KeywordsHorses
Subject and Association DescriptionLearn More: Gellert 2018, Kidder 1987.
