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Kofun (古墳, from Sino-****anese "ancient
burial mound") are
megalithic tombs or
tumuli in
Northeast Asia.
Kofun were
mainly constructed in the ****anese...
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kofun is
reportedly Hokenoyama Kofun in Sakurai, Nara,
which dates to the late 3rd century. In the
Makimuku district of Sakurai,
later keyhole kofuns...
- ****an, 1
Square Kofun (方墳）, 279
circular type (empun (円墳)),
kofuns) and 10 Corridor-type
kofun (横穴)
kofuns and 12
underground kofuns, the last
being peculiar...
- round, and
rectangular tombs remain. The
Daisenryo Kofun (大仙陵古墳, Daisenryō
kofun), the
largest kofun in ****an, is
believed to have been
constructed over...
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square front and
round back. Many
kofuns were
natural hills,
which might have been
sculpted to
their final shape.
Kofun range in size from
several meters...
- that
appeared in
prehistoric ****an from the
Final Jōmon
period through the
Kofun period,
approximately 1000 BCE to the 6th
century CE. The beads, also described...
- this kofun. With a few
exceptions like
Okamisanzai Kofun [ja], most
kofuns made
later than this
kofun were
smaller compared to this one. The
Imperial Household...
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Kushiyama Kofun (櫛山古墳) is an
early Kofun period burial mound,
located in the
Yanagimoto neighborhood of the city of Tenri, Nara in the
Kansai region of...
- The Aot****
Kofun (青塚古墳) is a
Kofun period burial mound,
located in the Aot****
neighborhood of the city of Inuyama,
Aichi in the Tōkai
region of ****an...
- Haji clan, a
group that
created ancient burial mounds,
became Hashihaka Kofuns from the
tombs of the Haji clan, or Haji tombs,
because of the
large gap...
