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‖ haniwa|ˈhaniwa| [Jap.] A clay image or cylinder of a type anciently placed outside Japanese sepulchres.
1931G. B. Sansom Japan i. i. 7 Outside the mounds, but evidently associated with them, are found clay figures (known as haniwa). 1960B. Leach Potter in Japan vi. 136 Haniwa figures from a.d. 600. 1970Oxf. Compan. Art 607/1 ‘Tomb figures’ or haniwa, clay cylinders some of which were decorated with human or other figures. 1972Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 7 Nov. 5/5 Shards of cylindrical Haniwa had been found at the site. |