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Anesaki Futago-zuka Kofun

Japan

Anesaki Futago-zuka Kofun
Photo: Saigen Jiro · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

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The Anesaki Futago-zuka Kofun is a zenpō-kōen-fun—a keyhole-shaped burial mound—located in Japan. This architectural form, characteristic of elevated Kofun period mortuary practice, combines a circular rear section with a rectangular frontal platform, a design that became prominent among monumental tumuli constructed for elite burials in ancient and classical Japan.

Movement

Type
kofun, zenpō-kōen-fun
Place
Japan

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Location

35.48056, 140.05222