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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Daisen Kofun Alternative Name: 大仙古墳, Nintokutennō-ryō, Nintokutenno-ryo
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.115 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Honshū Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Sakai (Ōsaka)  Nearest Village: Daisen-chō 大仙町
Latitude: 34.563934N  Longitude: 135.487304E
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Daisen Kofun
Daisen Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu: From the southern side. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Honshū

The greatest burial mound of the world: 486m×305m, 2718m round, 464124㎡ area. Typical Japanese keyhole-shaped tumulus from a bird's eye view, almost like a island on a moat from human view.
Attributed to the burial mound for Emperor Nintoku (257-399 CE) for a long time without any evidence, recently re-named after the place name of its location.
Administered by the Imperial Household Agency, landing is prohibited.
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Daisen Kofun submitted by durhamnature : Typical keyhole mounds, old drawing from "Ancient Burial Mounds of Japan" via archive.org Site in HonshÅ« Japan (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Daisen Kofun submitted by durhamnature : View across the water, old photo from "Ancient Burial Mounds of Japan" via archive.org Site in HonshÅ« Japan (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Daisen Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan The view from the 21st floor observation deck of Sakai town hall (34.57376N,135.48268E) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Daisen Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu: From the northern top. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Daisen Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan: From the south-eastern edge.

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Daisen Kofun submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Courtesy of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Touring "Land Information Mapping System - Color Aerial Photographies"

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Pillar holes found in moat around ancient burial mound in Osaka. by Sunny100 on Friday, 22 February 2013
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Nearly 30 pillar holes have been discovered in a moat surrounding an ancient burial mound here, leading experts to believe they may have been for a bridge used for a funeral of the person buried in the mound.

The Sakai Municipal Government announced on Feb. 21 that 29 pillar holes and two pieces of oak lumber that were apparently used as pillars were found in the moat on the eastern side of the round-shaped part of the tomb at the Nisanzai burial mound in Sakai's Kita Ward, which dates back to the late 5th century. Experts have pointed to the possibility that the holes were for pillars supporting a bridge used for carrying a coffin of the deceased and other materials into the mound.

It is the first time in Japan that pillar holes for a structure believed to be a bridge have been discovered in a moat surrounding an ancient burial mound, city officials said. The find is a precious one that could provide clues to the construction process of ancient burial mounds and burial methods. Previously, a bridge made of earth left in place during the digging of an ancient burial mound moat was found in that moat, the officials said.

According to the city, there are seven rows of pillar holes stretching from north to south, one of which extends to the central part of the moat. Pillar holes were also found near the embankment of the moat. It is likely that those holes were for a sequence of pillars supporting a bridge over the moat.

"The discovery of these remains is something unexpected. We should assume that similar remains exist at other ancient burial mounds, and this survey is of great significance in that respect. The usage of the pillar holes couldn't have been anything other than for a bridge, and it's possible the bridge was a splendid one using all the seven rows of pillar holes that have been discovered," said Taichiro Shiraishi, director of the Chikatsu Asuka Museum in Osaka Prefecture.

According to the city government, the pillar holes each measure one meter square and up to around one meter deep. The width of the part of the moat where the pillar holes were discovered stretches some 40 meters. Near the round-shaped part of the mound, the pillar holes were concentrated around the part of the mound believed to have been above the surface of the water at the time of construction. Excavators found seven rows of pillar holes lying north and south at intervals of 1.6 to 2.1 meters, as well as three rows of pillar holes lying east and west at intervals of 1.6 to 1.8 meters.

Among the seven rows of pillar holes lying north and south, the fourth row from the north had five more pillar holes lying toward the embankment on the eastern side. Those pillar holes were found at a depth of 2.4 meters from the bottom of the moat. Two other pillar holes were also found at around four meters away from the embankment, along with two other pillar holes on the south side. The fourth row of pillar holes lies almost on an extension of the main axis of the mound connecting the hearts of the front rectangle-shaped part and the rear round-shaped part of the mound. The holes were apparently dug around the time the burial mound was completed, based on surrounding geological formations, according to city officials.

Ryuji Kuroda, professor at Kobe University graduate school, pointed to the possibility that there had been a two-tiered stage at the mound-side end of the bridge where rituals were held, on the grounds that the intervals of the pillar holes are different on their north and south sides. He produced a replica of the bridge based on the findings of the pillar holes.

"The pillars are believed to have been thin and lightly built but were systematically arranged, which indicates that builders had overwhelmingly high technical capabilities," Kuroda said.

The Nisanzai burial mound lies at the eastern edge of the Mozu Tumulus Group, which includes the Daisen burial mound (the tomb of Emperor Nintoku) and is administered by the Imperial Household Agency. Legend says Emper

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Re: Daisen Kofun by DrewParsons on Sunday, 09 November 2008
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I visited this kofun or ancient burial site in November 2000. The site area is huge which tends to under emphasise its height. Known in the West as the Nintoku Keyhole Pyramid called after the Emperor Nintoku (313 to 399 CE and the 16th Emperor) whom oral history attributes the mausoleum to. However, as the site is in the control of the the Royal Household it has never been excavated and its exact origins are therefore uncertain. Access is not permitted other than from a viewing place by the fence line which overlooks the tree covered mound but the central key hole shaped lake in the middle of the mound is not visible from there. There are several other kofun in a nearby park - round and keyhole shaped mounds. Similar smaller kofun have been excavated in other parts of Japan and the grave goods show strong links to Korean culture of the time. A flood during the Meiji era exposed some artifacts from the Nintoku pyramid and these were similar to artifacts from the Korean Peninsula. This has raised questions about the pyramid occupant's ethnicity and could rewrite Japanese Imperial Household history if excavations occurred which seems unlikely. I took the train from Osaka to the suburb of Mozu for the short walk to see these Japanese pyramids.
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