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11 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun Late Asuka 7th–8th c CE · Asuka court elite — naturalistic procession mural
Takamatsuzuka Tumulus Nara — 7th–8th c CE decorated kofun (stone chamber 2.65×1.0×1.13 m) on Asuka hill 500 m north Kitora, famous 1972 National Treasure discovery of Asuka court murals: west wall…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Nara Period 710–784 CE (with brief return 745–784) · Yamato / Nara Japanese (Ritsuryo)
Imperial palace of Heijō-kyō capital (710–784 CE) modeling Tang Chang'an, 1.2×1.6 km enclosure with Daigokuden audience hall, Suzaku Gate and Eastern Palace Garden ponds.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun Late 7th–early 8th c CE (Asuka) · Asuka late Kofun court — shijin astronomical Daoist
Kitora Tumulus Nara — 7th–8th c CE late Kofun painted tomb (zenpo-koen remnant 13.8×9.8 m) on Abuyama hill at Asuka, Nara basin, National Treasure since 1983.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
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…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Nara Period (710–784 CE; UNESCO 1998) · Yamato (Empress Genmei to Kōnin)
Heijo-kyo is Japan's Nara-period capital (710–784 CE, UNESCO) — 4.3×4.8 km Tang Chang'an-grid city with Heijo Palace and Suzakumon gate at 70 m Nara basin.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Asuka Kitora Tomb Star Chart Ceiling in Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
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…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tōdai-ji — North Gate Ancillary Kaidan (Nara) in Nara, Nara, Tōdai-ji, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Asuka-dera — East Kondo Platform (Nara, Asuka) in Nara, Asuka, Asuka-dera, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed t…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Asuka Period 607 CE; reconstructions 670, 8th c. · Japanese Asuka Buddhist (Prince Shōtoku)
Hōryū-ji – world's oldest surviving wooden structures (Kondō, five-story pagoda, Chūmon gate late 7th c., UNESCO 1993 first Japanese inscription).
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
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…
