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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
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.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
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.
