A National Historic Site known as a classic large scallop-shaped mound. Nara Prefecture's historical and cultural resources database describes it as Japan's second largest of its type.
Finds & research
A rear southwestern projection had an arrangement of house-shaped and oval cylindrical haniwa and yielded cylindrical, house-, jar-, and parasol-shaped haniwa and pottery. The burial facility in the rear mound is unknown.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
It was designated a National Historic Site on 7 November 1956.
Archaeological view
An approximately 130m scallop-shaped mound spanning Samita in Kawai and Terado in Koryo. Sources give its rear diameter as about 94m (Agency for Cultural Affairs) to about 104m (Kawai Town), and its front as about 29–30m long, with a moat and outer embankment. It dates to the early 5th century.