Japan's oldest terracotta figurine

Japan's oldest terracotta figurine

OSAKA, Japan - A terracotta figurine, which looks like it is smiling and deemed one of the oldest in Japan, was unearthed from a late fourth century tomb in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, a local authority said as it was shown to reporters in Sakurai on Feb. 24, 2011.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001156926
  • Registered date
  • 2011/2/24 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2011 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1889 × 2325 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 866.26(KB)*
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