Tamaudun Mausoleum

Date: 1501
Image View Description: Exterior: Outer Courtyard and Inner Wall; View of Three Mausoleum Chambers
Material/Technique: stone
Work Type: architecture
Culture: Japanese
Location: Shuri (Okinawa, Japan)
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
Photographer: Jonathan Reynolds
Record ID: Mausoleum_0138


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