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Japanese Gilt Bronze Shoes
Gilt bronze shoes, most likely imports from the Korean Peninsula. Etafunayama Tumulus, Nagomi-machi, Kumamoto, Japan. Kofun Period, 5th-6th century CE. National Treasure. (Tokyo National Museum)
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Japanese Gilt Bronze Crown
A gilt bronze crown. Nihon Matsuyama Tumulus, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan. Kofun Period, 5th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)
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Tanko Cuirass
A Japanese iron plates and leather tanko cuirass. Nagatoronishi Tumulus, Takasaki-shi,
Gunma. Kofun Period, 5th century CE. (Tokyo National Museum)
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Japanese Inlaid Iron Sword (Detail)
A detail of an inlaid iron sword. From Eta Funayama Tumulus, Nagomi-machi, Tamana-gun, Kumamoto, Japan. Kofun Period, 5th-6th century CE. National Treasure.
Tokyo National Museum.
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Warrior Sekijin
A warrior sekijin or tomb marker. Iwatoyama Tumulus, Yoshida, Fukuoka, Japan. Kofun Period, 6th century CE. Important Cultural Property. (Tokyo National Museum).
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Fujiwara no Yoshifusa
A depiction by artist Kikuchi Yosai of Fujiwara no Yoshifusa (804-872 CE), member of the powerful Fujiwara clan and the first Japanese regent not of royal blood.
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Fujiwara no Kamatari
A 16th century CE silk scroll depicting Fujiwara no Kamatari (614-669 CE) and his two sons, the founder of the powerful Fujiwara clan which dominated Japanese government during the Heian Period (794-1185 CE). (Los Angeles...
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Egyptian Workers
Tomb of Menna at Thebes, 18th Dynasty.
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Satire of the Trades
Papyrus Anastasi VII; sheet 1, New Kingdom copy of the Satire of the Trades.
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Egyptian Mummy in Wrappings
Embalmed female mummy, c. 1000 BCE.
Inside Ancient Egypt exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago.
