Claudia Zancan

Claudia Zancan holds a PhD in Japanese Archaeology from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy, and is a Research Associate in the Language and the Anthropocene Research Group at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany. From 2026–27 she is Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, Norwich, UK.

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

Japanese Decorated Tombs

ed. Claudia Zancan

This book examines one of ancient Japan’s most distinctive art forms: decorated burial chambers from the 4th to 8th centuries AD. Bringing together archaeological, art historical and digital approaches, it explores their origins, symbolism, regional spread and connections with wider East Asian funerary traditions. READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00