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Takatsuki Art Expo 2015 Mural Celebrates Burial Mound Culture in Osaka

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American street artist DAAS has produced an awesome mural in
Takatsuki City, a suburb of Osaka.

Part of the Takatsuki Art Expo 2015, the mural was first featured on Street Art News.

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The mural is depicts haniwa, the terracotta clay figures that were installed with burial mounds in the Kofun Period in Japan. The main haniwa man is riding on a haniwa horse, combining two of the common types of haniwa in one vibrant wall painting. In the background is also a traditional house.

Here is DAAS working on the mural in November 2015.

The mural can be found at the entrance to Takatsuki Center-Gai shopping arcade.

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During the Kofun era, the Kansai region was already the center of power and the location for countless large and small burial mounds, especially around Asuka.

While primarily a commuter town between Osaka and Kyoto, Takatsuki is home to the keyhole-shaped Imashirozuka tumulus, one of the burial mounds that has been attracting a new generation of tourists recently. It famously contained 200 haniwa figures.

The unique-looking figures are not just archaeological artefacts. They are cute artworks in their own right.
 
 

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