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Tenri, Japan

Yamato Tenjin'yama Kofun

Tenri, Japan

Yamato Tenjin'yama Kofun
Photo: Saigen Jiro · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Yamato Tenjin'yama Kofun is a zenpō-kōen-fun (keyhole-shaped mound tomb) located in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Japan. This distinctive architectural form—characterized by a rectangular forecourt adjoining a circular burial mound—represents a signature funerary monument type of ancient Japan.

Movement

Type
kofun, zenpō-kōen-fun
Place
Tenri, Japan

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