Description
江田船山古墳からは６面の銅鏡が出土しており、熊本県の古墳では最多量です。その内の５面は中国南朝の宋にて作られた舶載＋はくさい＋鏡（中国鏡）であり、１面は日本列島内で作られた倭＋わ＋鏡（国産鏡）です。これだけの鏡を副葬する被葬者＋ひそうしゃ＋は、かなり大きな権力を持った人物であったと考えられます。
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
Contents holder/Provider
Aggregator
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026