kofun　古墳

KEY WORD :　art history / general terms

Burial mound. Also called takatsuka 高塚 or tsuka 塚. These tombs were covered with a sizeable mound of earth and may contain a burial chamber in the form of either a pit or an artificial cave. They date from the 3c to about the mid 8c.

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