Up to 556,715 Japanese enjoyed multiple pre -Hispanic pieces, including the trousseau of the Red Queen of Palenque
The Mesoamerican culture is not only of deep interest to Mexicans, so it is in many parts of the world, proof of this was the great response and assistance that the itinerant exposure of ancient Mexico: Maya, Azteca and Teotihuacán in different museums in Japan.
The sample was conceived to convey the depth of the ancient civilizations of Mexico, mainly the Mayan, the Mexican and Teotihuacan, which prospered throughout more than three millennia, in the period that goes from 1500 B. Spanish colonizers, in the 16th century.
According to the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), in total, this exhibition was in 3 museums from 2023 to May 2024, the National Museum of Tokyo, the National Museum of Kyushu and the Osaka Art Museum of Art , in each cultural enclosure imposed an assistance record, up to 556,715 Japanese enjoyed multiple pre -Hispanic pieces, including the trousseau of the Red Queen of Palenque.
The most visited enclosure was the National Museum of Tokyo, which, it is the oldest museum in Japan, had 330,000 visits.
The Kyushu National Museum had 88, 895 people
The Osaka National Museum of Art had 137,087 visitors.
Ancient Mexico: Maya, Azteca and Teotihuacán consisted of 143 pieces and four thematic axes:
“An invitation to ancient Mexico”
“Teotihuacan. City of Gods “
“The rise and fall of Mayan cities-states”
“Great temple of Azteca de Tenochtitlan.”
The curatorship, which is essential for an exhibition to be attractive, was in charge of Leonardo López Luján del INAH and researchers at Arizona State University, Takeshi Inomata and Saburo Sugiyama.
INAH explains that samples are from archaeological zones such as:
Palenque
Toniná
Teotihuacan
Main temple
What is known about the red queen of Palenque?
According to the INAH, the red queen was called Tz’ak-B’u Ajaw, Pakal consort and mother of Kan B’alam and K’inich K’an Joy Chitam, who were rulers of the region.
It was a ruling of Palenque, this can be deduced due to two emblems of royalty, a small staging shell and a rosette with the outstanding features of a spider monkey. Together they formed a medallion with the representation of the sun god in the lower part of the thorax and subject to pectoral.
In 1994, the anthropologist Arnoldo González together with an INAH specialists, discovered the inscriptions that protect Pakal’s tomb, which consists of a stone sarcophagus that contains the remains of a woman covered with Cinabrio. It is worth mentioning that this particular material is a crimson red ore, which is complex to find, the striking thing is that in these remains there was too much, which led them to name said finding as the red queen.
Source: elsoldemexico
