Masakaki
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Masakaki are decorative implements made with sakaki used in Shinto rituals. Historically, they took many different forms, but their modern form was solidified in 1875. They come in sets of two, each o
Left masakaki with sword
Right masakaki with mirror and magatama
Magatama
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Magatama are curved, comma-shaped beads that appeared in prehistoric Japan from the Final Jōmon period through the Kofun period, approximately 1000 BCE to the 6th century CE. The beads, also described
Masakaki
…Masakaki at Yasaka Shrine Left masakaki with sword Right masakaki with mirror and magatama Masakaki (真榊) are decorative implements made with sakaki used in Shinto rituals. Historically, they took many different forms, but their modern form…
Magatama from Kofun period（Tokyo National Museum）
Agate magatama, Kobe Archaeology Center (神戸市埋蔵文化財センター, Kōbeshi Maizō Bunkazai Sentā)
Museum housing artifacts of magatama production, Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine, Osaka
Necklace of jade magatama from a Japanese burial