🏛️ Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan

Archaeology & Antiquity Japan Asia

The Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group comprises 49 ancient burial mounds distributed across two clusters in Osaka Prefecture, representing the richest material concentration of Kofun-period culture in Japan. Constructed between the 3rd and 6th centuries AD, these monuments embody the funerary practices, social hierarchies, and artistic traditions of the ancient Japanese elite ...