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

Archaeology & Antiquity Japan Asia

The Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group represents one of the largest concentrations of ancient burial mounds in Japan, comprising 49 kofun constructed during the Kofun period (3rd to 6th centuries AD). These monumental earthworks were built for elite members of powerful clans and serve as the richest material testimony to the funerary ...