Image View Description:
Exterior: Inner Courtyard and Three Mausoleum Chambers
Date:
1501
Location:
Shuri (Okinawa, Japan)
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
stone
Culture:
Japanese
Photographer:
Jonathan Reynolds
Notes:

The left chamber is for kings and queens; the right chamber is for princes and princesses; the central chamber is for storing the recently deceased, before they have undergone purification.

Image Source:

The Trustees of Columbia University, Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology

Record ID:
Mausoleum_0140