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The Kawarazuka Kofun (瓦塚古墳) is a kofun burial mound located in the city of Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site in 1938 and re-designated as a Special National Historic Site of Japan in 2020 as part of the Sakitama Kofun Cluster.




Overview


The Kawarazuka Kofun has a total length of 73 meters, and is the sixth largest tumulus in the Saitama Kofun Cluster. It is a zenpō-kōen-fun (前方後円墳), which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above. As with the other keyhole-shaped tumuli in this cluster, the Kawarazuka Kofun had a rectangular double moat. A large number of haniwa have beenexcavated from this tumulus, including haniwa shaped as houses, waterfowl, men with shields, boys playing musical instruments leading horses, and girls with necklaces, from which a glimpse of the clothes, hairstyles, and festivals of the Kofun period can be deduced. The tumulus dates from the first half of the 6th century AD.
The tumulus has been reconstructed, and is located immediately in front of the Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds (埼玉県立さきたま史跡の博物館, Saitama Kenritsu Sakitama Shiseki no Hakubutsukan) .

Overall length
73 meters
Posterior circular portion
36.5 meter diameter x 5.1 meter high
Anterior rectangular portion
47 meters wide x 4.9 meters high




See also


List of Historic Sites of Japan (Saitama)




References






External links


Media related to Kawarazuka Kofun at Wikimedia Commons

Gyoda city home page (in Japanese)
Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds (in Japanese)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kawarazuka Kofun
• Sakitama Kofun Cluster
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kyoto)
• List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments
• Kawaratsuka Kiln