Early mirrors like this bronze one were all made of metal, which was then so highly polished that you could literally see your face in it. Like so much else in Japanese culture, mirrors originally ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--Archaeologists were stunned by the sheer number of bronze mirrors among grave goods at a large keyhole-shaped burial mound here, more than 100 in all, a record.

Early mirrors like this bronze one were all made of metal, which was then so highly polished that you could literally see your face in it. Like so much else in Japanese culture, mirrors originally ...