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Kofun were mainly constructed in the Japanese archipelago between the middle of the 3rd century to the early 7th century AD. [1] The term is the origin of the name of the Kofun period, which indicates the middle 3rd century to early–middle 6th century. Many kofun have distinctive keyhole-shaped mounds (zempō-kōen fun (前方後円墳)).
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 ...
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 ]
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.
The anterior part of the mound has an unusual style in which a row of earth pits (possibly related to rituals) replace the moat. The burial facility is a double-sided horizontal-entry stone burial chamber with a house-shaped stone sarcophagus, opening to the southwest. A 1.9-meter-wide stone shelf is installed on top of the sarcophagus, and two ...
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 Iwayayama Kofun has been widely known since ancient times because of the opening of the horizontal-entry stone burial chamber, which was robbed in antiquity.It was long thought to be a square hōfun (方墳)-style tumulus with 45-meter sides, but modern archaeological techniques indicate that it was mostly likely originally square in the lower section, but with an octagonal upper section.
The mound is orientated to the south-southwest and has both fukiishi and haniwa. In addition, stone ornaments (two quivers, six lid caps, three lid supports, seven stone shields, etc.) have been found on the outside of the mound, which is the second largest concentration in any kofun after the Iwatoyama Kofun in Fukuoka Prefecture. These items ...