The Hashihaka kofun (箸墓古墳) is a megalithic tomb (kofun) located in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Hashihaka kofun is considered to be the first...

of the first keyhole-shaped kofun was built in the Makimuku area, the southeastern part of the Nara Basin. Hashihaka Kofun, which was built in the middle...

(Hashihaka Kofun, Shibuya Mukaiyama Kofun) were built during the early 4th century. The keyhole kofun spread from Yamato to Kawachi—with giant kofun,...

later.。 The Hashihaka kofun ( 箸墓古墳 （ はしはかこふん）) is a megalithic tomb (kofun) located in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Hashihaka kofun is considered...

Japan." A prevailing view among scholars is that she may be buried at Hashihaka Kofun in Nara Prefecture. The shaman Queen Himiko is recorded in various...

assume that the Hashihaka kofun in Makimuku was the tomb of Himiko. Its relation to the origin of the Yamato polity in the following Kofun period is also...

(倭迹迹日百襲姫命, Yamatototohimomoso-hime) is a Japanese princess buried in Hashihaka Kofun. She was the daughter of Emperor Kōrei. She was the shaman aunt of...

Zenpokoenfun is an architectural model of Japanese ancient tombs (Kofun), which consists of a square front part (前方部) and a circular back part (後円部)....

birthplace of the Kofun system. There is a theory that they are the center of Yamatai country, and six ancient burial mounds such as Hashihaka Kofun are distributed...

This shows their religious link to the mountain. Hashihaka Kofun Hokenoyama Kofun "Makimuku Ishizuka Kofun [纏向石塚古墳] Long Barrow : The Megalithic Portal and...

a chopstick and dies. This narrative serves as an origin myth for Hashihaka Kofun (hashi (no) haka means 'chopstick tomb') at the western foot of Mount...

are the Hashihaka Kofun (280 meters) in Sakurai, Nara, Nara Prefecture, and the Nishidenozuka burial mound (234 meters) in Tenri, Nara. Kofun (280 meters)...

It is believed to have originally been a half-scale replica of the Hashihaka Kofun in Sakurai, Nara with which it is contemporary in age. In 1988, an...

tumuli known as kofun. The Kofun period of Japanese history takes its name from these burial mounds. The largest is Daisen-ryo Kofun, or more commonly...

136 meters and a height of 17 meters, and has proportions similar to Hashihaka Kofun in Nara Prefecture. Many of the tumuli have fukiishi and some had cylindrical...

pottery. Proto-Jomon period Miura Peninsula Hashihaka Kofun Makimuku ruins Ukikunden Inariyama Kofun Furuichi Kofun Cluster Kidder, J. Edward (1952). "Review...

construction of the Hashihaka Kofun in Sakurai City, and other stylized anterior-posterior round tombs marked the beginning of the Kofun period, by which...

dated to around 250 AD.: 253  The tomb is located to the east of the Hashihaka Kofun.: 250–251  A road cuts through its southeast extension as can be seen...

early, large-scale zenpokoenfun began to emerge as well, such as the Hashihaka kofun. It is believed the Yamato Kingship was established in this period...

period Miura Peninsula Inaridai Sword Hashihaka Kofun Makimuku ruins Inariyama Kofun Ichinoyama Kofun [ja] Inaridai Kofun Group "Uki-Kunden [宇木汲田] Burial Chamber...

lead the generally fixed form are seen at Hashihaka Kofun and the presumed slightly older Hokenoyama Kofun in the city of Sakurai in Nara Prefecture....

She is supposedly buried at one of the six mounds near Mount Miwa, the Hashihaka ("chopstick-grave") mound. The Kojiki version of this myth describes a...

national significance (including ten *Special Historic Sites); Ishinokarato Kofun and Nara-yama Tile Kiln Site span the prefectural borders with Kyoto, Ōmine...

Wachitsumi's daughter Daughter: Yamatototohimomoso-hime (倭迹迹日百襲媛命), buried in Hashihaka tumulus (there exists a claim that she is the shaman-queen Himiko) Son:...

once existed there is, the possible burial site of Queen Himiko at the Hashihaka burial mound. Himiko was the ruler of Yamatai from c. 180 C.E.- c. 248...

Bambitious Nara (Nara) Many jinja (Shinto shrines), Buddhist temples, and kofun exist in Nara Prefecture, making it is a centre for tourism. Moreover, many...