Mirror back, 4th century. Bronze, diam. cm. 28. Tokyo, Imperial Collection. Known as chokkomon ("straight and curved lines"), the geometric decoration that characterizes the back of this bronze mirror already heralds one of the most typical characteristics of all Japanese art, or the movement of the line as the basis for the construction of the ornamented.

Mirror back, 4th century. Bronze, diam. cm. 28. Tokyo, Imperial Collecti...

Chokkomon

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In Japanese archaeology, a design of shattered spirals engraved on artifacts of the Kofun period.

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