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Literature Perusal: "Mummy"

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Left: Self-portrait of Atsushi Nakajima, Right: "Pansy" painted by Nakajima. He also had such a talent. Duplicated from: Yukinobu Tanabe (ed.), Photographic Materials of Atsushi Nakajima, Sourinsha Publishing, 1 December 1981. (A book in Japanese: 田鍋幸信(編), 写真資料中島敦, 創林社, 1 December 1981).

  

    

    

The cover, inner-cover and the contents page(from left to right) of Hikari to Kaze to Yume (光と風と夢, Light, Wind and Dreams), published from Chikuma Shobo Publishing , 15 July 1942, in which Atsushi Nakajima’s Miira (木乃伊, Mummy) had appeared. Images obtained from an auction site: https://aucfree.com/items/v616472019

    

     

    

A relief of King Cyrus. Dupricated from: Ernst Wallis et alIllustration from "Illustrerad verldshistoria utgifven av E. Wallis. volume I": Relief of Cyrus1875/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustrerad_Verldshistoria_band_I_Ill_058.jpg

    

     

    

Cambyses II of Persia after winning the battle of Pelusium on 525 BC, capturing Psamtik III of Egypt and conquering Egypt. Duplicated from: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/43/the-battle-of-pelusium-a-victory-decided-by-cats/

    

     

    

A map of Ancient Near East circa 540 BC, prior to the invasion of Babylon by Cyrus the Great. Duplicated from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Period_of_ancient_Egypt

    

     

    

Lower and upper Egypt, Wikipedia. Duplicated from: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%97%E3%83%88

    

     

      

A picture of obelisk which Atsushi Nakajima might have been interested in, whether he saw it or not. In: The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere, Edited by Charles Knight, Tragedies, Vol. II. Virtue & Co., London, 1839–42?. Duplicated from: https://shakespeareillustration.org/2016/07/06/cleopatras-needle/

    

     

    

Plan and sections of the tomb of Thoutmosis IV.

Duplicated from: Howard Carter and Percy E. Newberry, The Tomb of Thoutmosis IV, Archibald Constable & CO., Westminster, 1904.

    

     

 

The interior of side chamber (Left) and the head of Thoutmosis IV.

Duplicated from: Howard Carter and Percy E. Newberry, The Tomb of Thoutmosis IV, Archibald Constable & CO., Westminster, 1904.

    

      

     

An Ancient Egyptian lady pouring water.

Duplicated from: George Rawlinson, History of Herodotus Vol. II, .John Murray, London 1862.

   

   

    

The wall painting in antechamber of the tomb of Thoutmosis IV.

Left: Duplicated from: Howard Carter and Percy E. Newberry, The Tomb of Thoutmosis IV, Archibald Constable & CO., Westminster, 1904.

Right: https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.XXX.8954750.7055475/571419.jpg