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Painted tombs in Japan

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Kitora Tumulus — Asuka Painted Star Chart Vault

Late Kofun / Asuka (late 7th–early 8th c. CE) · Asuka-Yamato (Korean Baekje influence)

Asuka Kitora excavated 1983–98, star chart with 1,000 stars, four-direction beast murals, Baekje migrant tomb.

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Takamatsuzuka Tomb — Asuka Mural Tomb

Asuka (c.700 CE, late 7th c.) · Asuka court (Korean painter?)

Asuka tomb discovered 1972 by farmer, excavated 1972–74, mural of women in court dress, Tang-style.

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Kitora Tumulus — Asuka Painted Star Chart Vault

Takamatsuzuka Tomb — Asuka Mural Tomb