Yata Ōtsuka Kofun (箭田大塚古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Mabi-chō neighborhood of the city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1929, with the area under protection expanded in 1992. [1]
The Yata Ōtsuka Kofun is located on the north bank of the Oda River near the confluence with the Takahashi River. It was excavated in 1901, during which time a large amount of grave goods, including Sue ware and Haji ware pottery, as well as iron swords, horse harnesses, metal rings, and magatama , were discovered. These artifacts are now in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum. [2]
The stone burial chamber is a horizontal passage chamber made by precisely combining huge stones. The total length of the burial chamber including the passage is 19.1 meters, with the burial chamber itself measuring 8.4 by 3 meters, with a height of 3.8 meters. Inside the burial chamber are three interlocking sarcophaguses, which are believed to have been built in the late 6th century. [2]
It was presumed that this tumulus was a zenpō-kōen-fun (前方後円墳), which is shaped like a keyhole when viewed from above, or a scallop-shaped tumulus (帆立貝形古墳, Hotategata-kofun), but a subsequent excavation in 1983 discovered a moat and revealed the shape to be a round ( enpun (円墳))-style tumulus with a diameter of 54 meters and height of 7 meters. [2]
The tumulus is about a 23-minute walk from Kibinomakibi Station on the Ibara Railway Ibara Line. [2]
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