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Nakatsuka Kofun

Japan

Nakatsuka Kofun
Photo: Saigen Jiro · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Freely accessible

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The Nakatsuka Kofun is a zenpō-kōen-fun—a keyhole-shaped burial mound—located in Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture, in Japan's Hokuriku region. Designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1935, this kofun represents the distinctive funerary architecture of ancient Japan, characterized by its paired rectangular and circular earthwork design.

Movement

Type
kofun, zenpō-kōen-fun
Heritage
Historic Site of Japan
Place
Japan

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