神しん獣じゅう鏡きょう

noun

ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals

Archaeological term for a type of bronze mirror from ancient East Asia, typically featuring divine and animal motifs.

• この神しん獣じゅう鏡きょうは弥生やよい時じ代だいの遺い跡せきから出しゅつ土どした。

  This ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals was excavated from a Yayoi-period site.