A keyhole mound in Utahime-cho, Nara City, in the western group of the Saki-Tatenami Kofun Group, toward the west of the Utahime plateau. Many iron objects were found in its clay-encased burial (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Finds & research
Clay-encased burial (wooden coffin 6.3m long); many iron objects, including swords and axes.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
National Historic Site (1975).
Archaeological view
A 105m keyhole mound (108m in the Agency for Cultural Affairs designation text) with a 65m rear circle (front section later leveled), built in the early-to-mid 5th century. The looted clay-encased burial in the rear circle (6.8m, coffin traces) still yielded iron weapons and tools such as swords, bracken-handled knives, axes, and sickles. It has a ring of haniwa and paving stones.