{"id":446,"date":"2021-02-21T17:08:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T22:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/?p=446"},"modified":"2021-12-31T19:54:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T00:54:52","slug":"magatama-and-earrings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/image\/magatama-and-earrings\/","title":{"rendered":"Magatama and Earrings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"835\" height=\"842\" src=\"http:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4.png 835w, https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4-768x774.png 768w, https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4-675x681.png 675w, https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-4-480x484.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><figcaption><em>Magatama and Earring<\/em><br> https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/asset\/magatama-and-earrings-unknown\/YAGboS3OEzEUTQ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Title:\u00a0Magatama and Earrings<\/li><li>Creator:\u00a0Unknown<\/li><li>Culture: Japanese Kofun period<\/li><li>Date:\u00a05th Century<\/li><li>Physical Dimensions:\u00a0Magatama&#8217;s height &#8211; 4 cm, Earings &#8211; 0.2 cm thick.<\/li><li>Object Date(Japanese):\u00a0\u53e4\u58b3\u6642\u4ee35\u4e16\u7d00 Kofun Period 5th Century<\/li><li>Excavation(Japanese):\u00a0\u57fc\u7389\u770c\u884c\u7530\u5e02\u57fc\u7389 \u57fc\u7389\u53e4\u58b3\u7fa4\u7a32\u8377\u5c71\u53e4\u58b3\u51fa\u571f Saitama, Gyoda City, Saitama Unearthed from the Saitama Tumulus Group Inariyama Tumulus<\/li><li>Texture: Magatama &#8211; Jade, Earings &#8211; silver<\/li><li>Link of source: <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/asset\/magatama-and-earrings-unknown\/YAGboS3OEzEUTQ\">https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/asset\/magatama-and-earrings-unknown\/YAGboS3OEzEUTQ<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The magatama (\u52fe\u7389) is an unique type of jewelry that serves both decorational purposes as necklace or bead and superstitious purposes as people believe there&#8217;s spiritual power inside the magatama. This magatama was found in a tomb with earings by its side, which suggests that it serves the purpose of guiding and guarding the dead one&#8217;s spirit according to the folklore and shintoism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The magatama was originally a larger piece of jade that&#8217;s been cut, carved, and polished into its current shape. There is a hole through one end of the magatama so the magatama could be hung as a decoration on a\u00a0necklace, a belt, or other jewelries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think this magatama shows great craftsmanship. I have some personal speculations or simple guesses that the shape of magatama was inspired by the Ta Chi \u592a\u6781 originated in China. Magatama looks like half of the Taiji graph. Either Yin or Yang, both parts have implication of life and death. Moreover, the idea of balancing everything and flow of energy and power of Ta Chi was somehow reflected on the several purposes of magatama. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net\/b9fbc077a266ed88e084a0c82c57c2c33418611c\/1-Figure1-1.png\" alt=\"Image result for tai chi symbol\" width=\"302\" height=\"197\" \/><figcaption><em>Ta Chi \u592a\u6781  <\/em><br>https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/How-to-Prescribe-Tai-Chi-Therapy-Allen-Meires\/b9fbc077a266ed88e084a0c82c57c2c33418611c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title:\u00a0Magatama and Earrings Creator:\u00a0Unknown Culture: Japanese Kofun period Date:\u00a05th Century Physical Dimensions:\u00a0Magatama&#8217;s height &#8211; 4 cm, Earings &#8211; 0.2 cm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-image","tag-japan","wpcat-18-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diluo.digital.conncoll.edu\/Asianart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}