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Daisen Kofun, the largest of all kofun, one of many tumuli in the Mozu kofungun, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture (5th century) Kofun (古墳, from Sino-Japanese "ancient burial mound") are megalithic tombs or tumuli in Northeast Asia. Kofun were mainly constructed in the Japanese archipelago between the middle of the 3rd century to the early 7th ...
In 1968, Yoshiro Kondo pointed out that the front part of an old stage front-recessed circular mound opens wide from the middle, [12] and the Hashihaka Kofun, which has this mound shape, is now considered to be an old burial mound. The contour lines on the survey map indicate that the frontal part was wider than it is now.
Kusabaka Kofun (艸墓古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Tani neighborhood of the city of Sakurai, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1974. [1] It is also called the "Kusahaka Kofun".
Ōtsukayama Kofun cluster (大塚山古墳群) is a group of eight Kofun period burial mounds, located in the Kawai neighborhood of the city of Kawai, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus cluster was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1956. [1] It is part of the northern group of the Umami Kofun cluster.
Udozuka Kofun (烏土塚古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Kasugaoka neighborhood of the town of Heguri, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1971.
The Eta Funayama Burial Mound Sword (江田船山古墳鉄剣, eta funayama kofun tekken) is a 5th-century ancient iron sword excavated from the mound in 1873. The inscription on the blade indicates that the sword was made during the era of Emperor Yūryaku in the 5th century.
Kengoshizuka Kofun (牽牛子塚古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Koshi neighborhood of the village of Asuka, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1923, with the area under protection expanded in 2014 and again in 2015, together with the nearby ...
Archaeologists have uncovered an 8ft-long iron sword in Japan’s largest circular burial mound built in the fourth century. The weapon was discovered at Tomio Maruyama Kofun in Nara alongside a ...