A comparative study of funeral rituals in ancient East Asia by means of the excavated

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370903
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Gangoji Institute for Research of Cultural Property
• Principal Investigator: Kizawa Naoko 公益財団法人元興寺文化財研究所, 研究部, 研究員 (50270773)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OMURA mari 元興寺文化財研究所, 研究部, 研究員 (10261215)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 櫛 / 葬制 / 副葬品 / 東アジア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study we verified the genealogy and the usage of combs in ancient East Asia.Preeminently, we tried to examine several aspects of the burial systems in ancient East Asia through the medium of the excavated combs. There existed the custom of giving combs as grave offerings since ancient times. We realized that the custom using the combs made of bamboo strips appearing during the Kofun Period (mid-3rd century AD) was typical in Japan. It is possible to believe that these combs related directly to the funeral ritual in the Japanese archipelago. Although the same style combs dating to the 5th century AD were excavated from the southern part of the Korean peninsula, they did not originate there at that time.

Free Research Field

考古学、樹種識別