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Half of Japan's painted tomb chambers are in Kyushu and most of those in Kumamoto - abstract circles and triangles drawn in the 400s.
About this place
Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum (熊本県立装飾古墳館, Kumamoto kenritsu sōshoku kofun-kan) is a museum of decorated kofun in Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The collection includes full-size replicas of the inner chambers of twelve tumuli. The museum was designed by Tadao Ando and completed at a cost of ¥1.6 bn in April 1992.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1992 Architect / artist：Tadao Ando Highlights / collection：12 full-scale reconstructions of decorated tombs, Geometric patterns in red, black and white Genre：Antique art and Buddhist art, Architecture
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