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Kyōtango-shi, Japan

Amino Choshiyama Kofun

Kyōtango-shi, Japan

Amino Choshiyama Kofun
Photo: Saigen Jiro · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Located in the Amino neighborhood of Kyōtango, Kyoto, the Amino Chōshiyama Kofun is a burial mound from the Kofun period featuring the distinctive zenpō-kōen-fun ("square-front, round-back") form characteristic of elite graves in ancient Japan. Designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1922, this tumulus stands as an important archaeological monument in the Kansai region.

Movement

Type
kofun, zenpō-kōen-fun
Place
Kyōtango-shi, Japan

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