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on the chest, and a necklace of 24 beads; 8 iron swords with elaborate 

 handles lined the sides of the body next to the cofim walls. Above the 

 head on the east side were two large bronze vessels. Near the feet a set 

 of iron body armor and a helmet had been placed along with 36 iron 

 arrowheads. In addition, 54 gilt-bronze bells, 3 bronze horse bells, 

 18 gilt-bronze ornaments, 11 knives, a gilt-bronze shoe, and a large 

 quantity of gold braid were scattered throughout the coffin. From the 

 arrangement of the small gilt-bronze bells and gold braid, apparently 

 the body had been dressed in ornate clothes and a large cloth decorated 

 with gilt-bronze bells and gilt-bronze ornaments sewed on with gold 

 thread, had been spread over the entire contents of the coffin. From 

 the array of objects there is little doubt that this man was an important 

 ruler who carried to the af terworld all his accoutrements of war and 

 symbols of office. 



DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE GRAVE OBJECTS 



Mirrors. — The mirrors unearthed in the ancient burial-mound 

 tombs of Japan are of two kinds : those made in ancient China and 

 imported to Japan and those made in Japan imitating the imported 

 product. Although the Chinese mirrors are usually far superior to 

 any of those imitated in Japan, the style of design is so unique on the 

 Japanese copies that there is never any doubt of the place of manu- 

 facture even if the actual mirror is of a good quality resembling the 

 Chinese variety. The two mirrors found in Kinreizuka, one in the 

 sarcophagus and one in the chamber, are of Japanese manufacture. 

 Both are round and made of nickel. The one found in the coffin 

 is an exceptionally well-made copy of the Chinese-style mirrors with 

 a diameter of 15.8 centimeters, a thickness of 6 millimeters, and the 

 face slightly bulged like a convex lens. The design on the back con- 

 sists of three men and five animals intertwined (pi. 4, A, left). The 

 other mirror is smaller, only 10.4 centimeters in diameter, and 3 milli- 

 meters thick, with an arabesque design. 



Jeioels and leads. — The necklace around the young man's neck in 

 the coffin consisted of one pale agate bead 3.3 centimeters long, amber 

 beads ranging from 2.3 to 3.0 centimeters in diameter, and dark blue, 

 slightly flat glass beads, 1 centimeter in diameter. Since amber has 

 been found in the Choshi District of the Chiba Prefecture, it is highly 

 possible that these beads were manufactured in the area and brought 

 from that district. 



The other glass beads from outside the chamber range in size from 

 3 to 5 millimeters in diameter and are divided according to their 

 colors as follows : 420 blue, 112 yellow, 38 green, 8 dark blue, 1 white. 

 In addition to the complete specimens many broken fragments suggest 

 that a larger number might have been in the original necklace. 



