Preface

CHAPTER 1. Historiography of Koguryo Tomb Wall Paintings
1. Previous Scholarship on Koguryo Mural Tombs
2. Preservation of Koguryo Tomb Murals as World Cultural Heritage
3. Mortuary Practice of Koguryo Kingdom

CHAPTER 2. Tomb of the Dancers
1. Ground Plan and Construction of the Tomb
2. Analysis on the Pictorial Program of the Wall Paintings in the Tomb of the Dancers
3. Date of the Tomb of the Dancers
4. Defining Koguryo in East Asian Funerary Tradition

CHAPTER 3. The Case Study of Late Koguryo Tombs in Jian
1. The Description of the Late Phase Tombs and Painting in Koguryo
2. The Consideration on Transitional Tombs and the Change in the Perception of a Funerary Space in Late Koguryo
3. The Achievement of the Distinctive Style in Jian in the Evolution of Funerary Arts

CHAPTER 4. Chinese Funerary Paintings from the Han to the Wei-Jin periods
1. Han Dynasty Tombs with Paintings
2. Wall Painted Tombs in Liaoning Province and Gansu Province During the Wei-Jin Period
3. Formation and Alteration of East Asian Funerary Art Tradition

CHAPTER 5. Funerary Paintings from the Northern and Southern Dynasties Tomb of China
1. Northern Wei Tombs
2. Mural Tombs from the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, and Northern Zhou
3. Tombs from the Southern Dynasties
4. Buddhist Cave Temples from the Northern and Southern Dynasties
5. Incorporation of Non-Chinese Elements into East Asian Funerary Arts

CHAPTER 6. Han Dynasty Relief Sculptures in Nanyang, Henan
1. General Features of Nanyang Relief Sculptures
2. Men and Animals Combat Subject in Nanyang Relief Sculptures
3. Analysis of Iconographic Program in Nanyang Tombs.Cases of Relief Sculpture Tombs at Chengguanzheng, Yingzhuan, and Zhenzhichang, Henan
4. Regional Style of Nanyang Relief Sculptures

CHAPTER 7. Central Asian Elements in the Funerary Arts of the pre-Tang Period
1. Pre-Tang Monuments with Central Asian Elements
2. Inspiration and Interaction by the Non-Chinese People in the Evolution of the East Asian Funerary Arts.Case of Sogdian
3. The Role of Non-Chinese Peoples in the Evolution of East Asian Funerary Art

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Index