Haniwa Dancers: 1,500-Year-Old Soul-Guarding Figurines

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Haniwa Dancers: 1,500-Year-Old Soul-Guarding Figurines
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The 'Dancing People' haniwa are 1,500-year-old clay figurines from Japan's Kofun period, believed to hold the souls of the dead and possibly depict dancers or farmers, discovered near Tokyo and now housed in the Tokyo National Museum.

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