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    Ishibutai kofun (石舞台古墳) is a stone kofun or tumulus of the Asuka period in the east of Shimanoshō, Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The kofun is believed...
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    Heritage List in 2019, while Ishibutai Kofun is one of a number in Asuka-Fujiwara residing on the Tentative List. The kofun tumuli have assumed various...
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    Pilgrimage No.7 Tachibana-dera Kameishi (Turtle Rock) Ishibutai Kofun Kitora Kofun Takamatsuzuka Kofun Amakashinooka Buyeo County, South Korea Asuka Period...
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    tumulus located located on a ridge about 400 meters south-southeast of Ishibutai Kofun on the southeastern edge of the Nara Basin. It was excavated by Kansai...
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    The Kofun period (古墳時代, Kofun jidai) is an era in the history of Japan from about 300 to 538 AD (the date of the introduction of Buddhism), following...
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    construction Umako ordered, according to the Suiko section of the Nihonshoki. Ishibutai Kofun is believed to be the tomb of Soga no Umako. Soga no Umako's wife was...
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    chambers has led the tumulus to be dubbed the "Iyo no Ishibutai" after the famous Ishibutai Kofun in Asuka, Nara. The tumulus is estimated have been constructed...
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    make this chamber is also unusual, and the tomb is comparable to the Ishibutai Kofun in Asuka. The burial chamber was found to be intact when opened in...
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    to be over 100 tons, surpassing the 75 tons of the stone chamber at Ishibutai Kofun. Based on the stone masonry style, the stone chamber was thought to...
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  • Retrieved 12 June 2012. 石舞台古墳 [Ishibutai Kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012. "Ishibutai Kofun". Asuka Historical Museum...
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    Tomb in Eastern Japan during the same period as Ishibutai Kofun. Among them, tomb 5 is the earliest Kofun in Eastern Japan's history, indicating a possible...
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    and Ishibutai Kofun in Asuka, and the characteristics of the burial chamber and sarcophagus are the same as those of the surrounding Koseyama Kofun group...
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    the second largest in Nara Prefecture after the ceiling stone of the Ishibutai Kofun. Inside the burial chamber were one hollowed-out house-shaped stone...
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    in Japan, and paintings in the Kitora and Takamatsuzuka Kofun, or tombs. The Ishibutai Kofun is also located in Asuka. On March 12, 2004, the discovery...
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    Somanouchi Kofun cluster (杣之内古墳群) is a cluster of Kofun period burial mounds, located in the Somanouchi-cho, Magata-cho, and Otogi-cho neighborhoods of...
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    which are called Kofun (古墳 - the word is used for burial mounds of all shapes), and the period from 250 to 538 is called the Kofun period. Although 50...
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    Kintetsu Railway  F  Yoshino Line National Route 169 Takamatsuzuka Tomb Ishibutai Kofun Oni no Manaita, Oni no Setchin Tomb of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō...
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    shrine in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is located 5km from Ishibutai Kofun. The shrine traces its origin to a Tendai temple built in the Asuka...
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  • Mount Fuji Tomioka Meiji Sites National Museum of Western Art Okinoshima Kofun Amami Ōshima Jōmon Prehistoric Sites Sado mine Christian Sites The United...
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    miles (160 km). Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy. Pedestal blocks: 77 t Ishibutai Kofun in Asuka, Nara, Japan. Largest stone, 75 tons. Pantheon, Rome, Italy...
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    Sanzan as well as over the terraced rice fields of "Inner Asuka"; the Ishibutai Area; the Takamatsuzuka Area; and the Kitora Tumulus Area. Wikimedia Commons...
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    Bambitious Nara (Nara) Many jinja (Shinto shrines), Buddhist temples, and kofun exist in Nara Prefecture, making it is a centre for tourism. Moreover, many...
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  • national significance (including ten *Special Historic Sites); Ishinokarato Kofun and Narayama Tile Kiln Sites span the prefectural borders with Kyoto, Ōmine...
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  • hills, plateaus, plains, rivers Viewpoints Shell mounds, settlement ruins, kofun, other historic ruins of this type Ruins of fortified towns, castles, government...
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