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Places tagged “yamato” in Japan matching “Nara, Asuka” · Mysteria

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Places tagged “yamato” in Japan matching “Nara, Asuka”

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“Nara, Asuka”

🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Takamatsuzuka Tumulus

Asuka Late 645–710 CE · Yamato–Asuka with Tang Kaiyuan import

Asuka Tang-style painted round tomb (700 CE) at Takamatsuzuka — 23 m with Asuka bijin court ladies in Tang dress National Treasure.

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🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city

Fujiwara-kyo

Asuka Period (694–710 CE) · Yamato (Empress Jito to Monmu)

Fujiwara-kyo is Japan's first planned Chinese-grid capital (694–710 CE) — 5×5 km Chang'an-style city with Fujiwara Palace (1 km² Suzaku Boulevard) at 60 m Yamato plain.

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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster

Kofun Middle 4th–6th c CE (Yamato middle) · Mid-Kofun Yamato — Saki royal cemetery north Heijo

Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster — massive 4th–6th c CE Kofun cemetery (7 km long, 120+ mounds) at Saki–Tatanami hills 4 km north Heijo Palace, northern Nara basin edge, surveyed 1970s–90s by Nara…