Fudoki (風土記) are ancient reports on provincial culture, geography, and oral tradition presented to the reigning monarchs of Japan, also known as local gazetteers. They contain agricultural, geographical, and historical records as well as mythology and folklore. Fudoki manuscripts also document local myths, rituals, and poems that are not mentioned in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki chronicles, which are the most important literature of the ancient national mythology and history. In the course of national unification, the imperial court enacted a series of criminal and administrative codes called ritsuryō and surveyed the provinces established by such codes to exert greater control over them.
Wakayama is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. As of 1 December 2021, the city had an estimated population of 351,391 in 157066 households and a population density of 1700 persons per km². The total area of the city is 208.84 square kilometres (80.63 sq mi).
The Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds is a museum in Gyōda, Saitama, Japan. The building is inside of Sakitama Kofun Park. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
The Ōita Prefectural Museum of History opened in Usa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan in 1998, replacing the Usa Fudoki-no-Oka (宇佐風土記の丘) of 1981. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
Kamayama Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
The Takayasu Senzuka Kofun Cluster is a group of Kofun period burial mounds, distributed around the foot of Mount Takayasu at elevations of 50 to 300 meters, in the city of Yao, Osaka Prefecture. in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus group was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2015.
The Furutsu Hachimanyama Site is an archaeological site containing the remnants of a late Yayoi period moated settlement with three Kofun tumuli located in the Furutsu neighborhood of Akiha-ku, Niigata in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2005, with the area under preservation extended in 2011 It is the northernmost moated Yayoi settlement site thus far discovered on the Sea of Japan coast.
The Hanishina Kofun Group is an archaeological site containing three keyhole-shaped burial tumulii from the Kofun period located in what is now part of the cities of Chikuma and Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1971. The site includes the Mori-Shōgunzuka Kofun (森将軍塚古墳), Ariakeyama-Shōgunzuka Kofun (有明山将軍塚古墳), Kurashina-Shōgunzuka Kofun (倉科将軍塚古墳), and Doguchi-Shōgunzuka Kofun (土口将軍塚古墳). In addition to the four large tombs which have National Historic Site protection, the surrounding area has many smaller kofun dating from the late fourth to early sixth centuries indicating that this was a center for the pre-Yamato Shinano kingdom. At the base of the hill containing the Mori Shōgunzuka Kofun is the Shinano no Sato Historic Park an archaeological park containing faux reconstructions of pit dwellings and raised floor dwellings. It is about 25 minutes on foot from Yashiro Station on the Shinano Railway.
The Arayashiki Shell Midden is an archaeological site in the Kaizuka neighborhood of Wakaba ward of the city of Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a Jōmon period shell midden and settlement ruin. The midden was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979, with its boundaries extended in 1982.
Ryūgakuji kofun cluster is a group of Kofun period burial mounds located in what is now the Ryukakuji neighborhood of the town of Sakae and extending into the city of Narita, Chiba Prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1941, with the area extended in 2009. Containing 114 tumuli, it is the largest cluster of kofun in the Kantō region. The National Historic Site designation also singles out Kofun No. 105, which is named the Iwaya kofun (岩屋古墳).
The Saikitama Kofun Cluster is a group of burial mounds located in the city of Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1938, and was upgraded in status to a Special National Historic Site of Japan in 2020. The site consists of nine large kofun, which were built in the 5th to 7th centuries AD, i.e. from the late Kofun period into the Asuka period, when the construction of burial mounds was already out of fashion in western Japan.
The Ichisuka Kofun Cluster is a group of Kofun period burial mounds, scattered on the hills from Hamuro, in the town of Taishi to Ichisuka and Higashiyama, in the town of Kanan, Osaka Prefecture. in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus group was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1994.
Iwase-Senzuka Kofun Cluster is a cluster of Kofun period burial mounds that is located in the Wakayama, in the Kansai region of Japan. One of the largest concentrations of burial mounds in Japan, it consist of over 900 tumuli. It is designated as a National Historic Site in 1931, upgraded to a Special National Historic Site in 1952, and the area under designation expanded in 2016.
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The Ōtani Kofun (大谷古墳) is a kofun burial mound located in the city of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site in 1978. The artifacts excavated from the tumulus were designated as National Important Cultural Properties in 1982.
The Teramachi temple ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Hakuho period Buddhist temple located in the Mukaeda neighbourhood of what is now the city of Miyoshi, Hiroshima, in the San'yō region of Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 1984.
The Jōrakuji-Nanatsuzuka Kofun Cluster is a group of Kofun period burial mounds located in the Takasugi and Odasaiwai neighborhoods of the city of Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture in the San'yō region of Japan. The cluster was designated a National Historic Site in 1972.
Yadani Kofun (矢谷古墳) is a Yayoi period burial mound, located in the Higashisakaya neighborhood of the city of Miyoshi, Hiroshima in the San'yō region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979. Although it is referred to popularly as a kofun, the Yandani Tumulus predates the Kofun period and its structure has significant differences from burial mounds of the Kofun period.
Kawabe-Takamori Kofun Cluster (川部・高森古墳群) is a group Kofun period burial mounds, located in the Kyozuka, Takamori neighborhood of the city of Usa, Ōita, on the island of Kyushu Japan. The tumuli were collectively designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1980.
Harima no Kuni Fudoki (播磨国風土記) is a fudoki text describing Harima Province, which was compiled in the early Nara Period. The manuscript copy of it dates from near the end of the Heian Period, and it was designated a National Treasure in 1965.
