Hōraiyama Kofun
Nara, Japan
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Hōraiyama Kofun is a zenpō-kōen-fun (keyhole-shaped kofun) located in Nara, Japan, dating to around 400 CE. This monumental earthen burial mound exemplifies the distinctive architectural form of imperial Japanese funerary monuments, combining a circular mound with a rectangular forecourt in the characteristic keyhole shape characteristic of kofun construction during the Kofun period.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- kofun, zenpō-kōen-fun, circular kofun
- Place
- Nara, Japan
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