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Ushizuka Kofun
Early–Middle Kofun c.450 CE (Asuka preceding) · Kofun (Kinai–Kanto diffusion)
Kanto scallop hotategai-kofun 67 m (c.450 CE) — double moat and box cist on Mibu Plateau (per Ushivika).
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Early–Middle Kofun c.450 CE (Asuka preceding) · Kofun (Kinai–Kanto diffusion)
Kanto scallop hotategai-kofun 67 m (c.450 CE) — double moat and box cist on Mibu Plateau (per Ushivika).
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Late Kofun 560–710 CE (Asuka) · Late Kofun (Yamato–Silla contact)
Unlooted 48 m Kofun at Ikaruga — gilt horse trappings and lacquer coffins (late 6th c, 1985 discovery).
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Late Asuka (Fujiwara) 694–710 CE · Asuka–Nara court (Tang-influenced)
23 m Asuka bijin mound (694–710 CE, 1972) — court women fresco, four beasts, sun–moon (National Treasure).
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Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Takamatsuzuka Tumulus — Buried Chamber North (Asuka, Japan) in Nara, Asuka, Takamatsuzuka, Japan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus a…
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Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Kitora Tumulus — Buried Mural North (Asuka, Japan) in Nara, Asuka, Kitora, Japan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Hal…
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Kofun (early 5th c. CE) · Yamato
Mozu Itasuke excavated periphery 1980s, scallop shape intermediate between round and keyhole, moat eels.
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Late Kofun (late 6th c. CE c. 590 CE) · Yamato aristocracy (Mononobe/Soga)
Ikaruga round tomb excavated 1985, 6 mirrors including beast-band mirrors, unlooted 6th c. elite.
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Early Kofun (mid-3rd c. CE c. 250 CE) · Yamato early Kofun (Himiko? Queen)
Makimuku Hashihaka excavated around moat 1990s, 280 m earliest Kofun predating Daisen by 180 yrs.
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Late Kofun (6th c. CE) · Yamato influenced Hizen
Karatsu megalithic chamber exposed by erosion, excavated 1900, late Kofun island type.
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Kofun (5th c. CE) · Hida / Etchu Kofun
Tateyama alpine kofun excavated 1970s, house-shaped sarcophagus like later Asuka type.
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Kofun (c. 411–453 CE Nintoku) · Yamato Kofun (Emperor Nintoku tradition)
Mozu kofun group excavated non-invasive by Sakai 1872, UNESCO 2019 as Mozu-Furuichi, Imperial mound unentered.