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Human-Shaped Haniwa

Unknown6th Century

Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds

Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds
Saitama prefecture , Japan

This haniwa is a male playing a harp. He is sitting cross-legged with the four-stringed harp resting on both of his knees; his left hand holds down the strings while his right holds a pick to play. A large part of the head is damaged, but the part of the face under the eyes is still visibly colored red. The figure also wears a belt around his waist and has a large sword (also colored red) attached to his left side.

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Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds

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