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The Ōtsukayama Kofun cluster is located in the northeast of Kawai Town, at the confluence of various rivers in the Nara Basin.It consists of three zenpō-kōen-fun (前方後円墳), which are shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above (Ōtsukayama, Shiroyama, and Takayamazuka No. 1), four enpun (円墳)-style circular tombs (Maruyama ...
Tamakiyama Kofun No. 2 is a west-facing zenpō-kōen-fun tumulus with a total length of 75 meters, anterior rectangular portion 40 meters wide, and a posterior circular portion 40 meters in diameter, making it the largest of the group. The interior of the posterior circular portion has not been excavated.
The Mozu Kofun Cluster is located in the city of Sakai which is within Osaka Prefecture.The tumuli are built on a plateau overlooking Osaka Bay near the ancient coastline and are distributed in a range of about four kilometers from east-to-west and north-to-south.The Furuichi Kofun Cluster is located in nearby Habikino and Fujiidera cities.
The Yokkaichi Cave Tomb Cluster (四日市横穴群, Yokkaichi yokoana-gun) is the collective name for two clusters of corridor-type kofun [] (横穴式石室, yokoana-shiki sekishitsu) tombs dug in artificial caves in tuff cliffs in the Yokkaichi neighborhood of the city of Usa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
Many kofun have distinctive keyhole-shaped mounds (zempō-kōen fun (前方後円墳)). The Mozu-Furuichi kofungun or tumulus clusters were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019, while Ishibutai Kofun is one of a number in Asuka-Fujiwara residing on the Tentative List. [2] [3]
[2] Archaeological excavations began in 1947, and a full-scale survey was carried out in 1962 . At this time, 23 tumuli were excavated, including Kofun No. 500 (a keyhole-shaped tomb) with a clay coffin. In Kofun No. 500, grave goods similar to those from the early Kofun period were found, including a rare bronze mirror known as a hanging ...
The Koseyama Tomb Cluster, a large group of tombs, is distributed in the northern hills, but the Midoro Kofun not regarded as part of that cluster. The two tumuli are called the "Kita Kofun" and the "Minami Kofun", respectively, and both enpun ( 円墳 ) -style circular mounds, with horizontal-entry stone burial chambers , with the Kita Kofun ...
Hirano Kofun cluster (平野古墳群) is a cluster of at least six Kofun period burial mounds, located in the Hirano neighborhood of the town of Kashiba, Nara prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. One of these tumuli, the Hirano Tsukaanayama Kofun (平野塚穴山古墳) was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1973. [1]