One of Japan's largest terminal-Yayoi burial mounds, with goods indicating continental exchange and evidence of funerary ritual.
Finds & research
Burial No. 4 yielded a head ornament of about 120 glass magatama and tubular beads, an iron sword, and an iron plane. The tubular glass beads contain the principal component of Han blue pigment.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
It was designated a National Historic Site on 26 July 2007.
Archaeological view
A large rectangular burial mound at Akasaka, Mineyama-cho, Kyotango, about 36m east–west, 39m north–south, and 4m high. Built from the end of the 2nd to the first half of the 3rd century, it has a 5–9m-wide terrace on all sides. The central Burial No. 1 pit measures 14 by 10.5m.
Field notes
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