三さん角かく縁ぶち神しん獣じゅう鏡きょう

noun

triangular-rimmed mirror with deity and animal motifs

Historical term for a type of ancient bronze mirror from the Kofun period, characterized by a triangular cross-section rim and decorated with figures of gods and animals. Often discussed in archaeology and early Japanese history.

• 三さん角かく縁ぶち神しん獣じゅう鏡きょうは古こ墳ふん時じ代だいの遺い物ぶつとして重じゅう要ようだ。

  Triangular-rimmed mirrors with deity and animal motifs are important as artifacts from the Kofun period.

• この三さん角かく縁ぶち神しん獣じゅう鏡きょうには神しん像ぞうと獣じゅう形けいが鋳ちゅう出しゅつされている。

  This triangular-rimmed mirror has figures of deities and animals cast on it.