Maruyama Kofun

Kashihara, Japan

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Maruyama Kofun, located in Kashihara in Japan's Nara Prefecture, is a zenpō-kōen-fun (keyhole-shaped) burial mound constructed around 600 CE during the Kofun period. The largest kofun in Nara Prefecture and the sixth largest in Japan, it spans three neighborhoods—Mise-chō, Gojōnō-chō, and Oikaru-chō—and is known by several names including Gojōnō Maruyama Kofun and Mise Maruyama Kofun. Designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1969, with expanded protections added in 1983, the mound is partly under the control of the Imperial Household Agency, which maintains it as a possible imperial tomb. This monumental earthwork represents both the archaeological significance and the imperial legacy of Japan's classical burial traditions.