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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 ...
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.
Kuzuhara Kofun (葛原古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Onizuka, Kuzuhara neighborhood of the city of Usa on the island of Kyushu, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1957.
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 ...
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".
The Yokotashimo Kofun is an enpun (円墳)-style circular burial mound, with an estimated diameter of about 30 meters, located on a hill about 60 meters above sea level at the eastern foot of Mount Kagamiyama, which is located almost in the center of the Karatsu Plain facing Karatsu Bay. It was discovered in 1924 when the owner of the land dug ...
Akatsuchiyama Kofun (赤土山古墳) is a Kofun period keyhole-shaped burial mound, located in the Ichinomoto-cho neighborhood of the city of Tenri, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1992. [ 1 ]
The Nintoku-tennō-ryō Kofun, is one grave mound which is a 486 metres (1,594 ft) long tumulus enclosed by a moat and a fortification which is 840 metres (2,760 ft) in length; this is said to be the largest such mound in the world. This cluster also has the Richū-tennō-ryō Kofun, made of a tumulus of 360 metres (1,180 ft) length and said to ...