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Makimuku Kofun Cluster
is group of ''kofun'' burial mounds located in the Ota, Higashida, and Hashinaka neighborhoods of the city of Sakurai, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. It is part of the Ooyamato Kofun Cluster (Yamato-Yanagimoto Kofun Cluster Group), at the western foot of Mount Miwa. It is considered to be the birthplace of the -style of tumuli. The cluster was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2006. Overview Located in the southeastern part of the Nara Basin, this group of ancient tombs dates back to the early days of the Yamato government, and is located very close to the Hashihaka Kofun managed by the Imperial Household Agency.The cluster consists of five tumuli, all with a distinctive -style unique to this site, so much so that they are also called . Considered the predecessors of the true ''zenpō-kōen-fun", these tumuli are characterized by: *The front part is significantly smaller and lower than the rear circular mound. *The ratio of the total length of the mound, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakurai, Nara
file:Sakurai city-office.jpg, 270px, Sakurai City Hall is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 54,384 in 25678 households, and a population density of 550 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Sakurai is located in central Nara Prefecture. The western and northern parts of the city are located southeast of the Nara Basin, and are relatively flat rural areas with the Terakawa and Hatsusegawa (Yamatogawa) rivers flowing through them. The urban area is centered around Sakurai Station and Miwa Station, and along National Route 165. The Ryumon Mountains cover the southern and eastern parts of the city, Neighboring municipalities Nara Prefecture * Nara, Nara, Nara * Kashihara, Nara, Kashihara * Tenri, Nara, Tenri * Uda, Nara, Uda * Tawaramoto, Nara, Tawaramoto * Asuka, Nara, Asuka * Yoshino, Nara, Yoshino Climate Sakurai has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yayoi Period
The Yayoi period (弥生時代, ''Yayoi jidai'') (c. 300 BC – 300 AD) is one of the major historical periods of the Japanese archipelago. It is generally defined as the era between the beginning of food production in Japan and the emergence of keyhole-shaped burial mounds (前方後円墳, ''zenpō-kōen-fun''). Chronologically, it spans from around the 10th century BCE or 9th–8th century BCE to the mid-3rd century CE. Following the Jōmon period, which was characterized by a hunter-gatherer economy, the Yayoi period marked the transition to a productive economy based on wet-rice agriculture. In the latter half of the late Yayoi period (around the 1st century CE), large regional powers emerged throughout western Japan, including the Tokai and Hokuriku regions. By the end of the 2nd century, the political entity known as Wa-koku (倭国) had formed. It is generally considered that the Yayoi period transitioned into the Kofun period around the mid-3rd century, although the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Nara Prefecture
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations. Source criticism is used to evaluate these sources, assessing their authenticity, content, and reliability. Historians strive to integrate the perspectives of several sources to develop a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makimuku Site
The is an archaeological site with the traces of a late-Yayoi period (2nd century) to early-Kofun period (4th century) settlement located at the northwest foot of Mount Miwa of the city of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site in 2013. Overview Located in Ota, Tsuji, and Higashida neighborhoods of Sakurai, this large settlement was located on an alluvial fan formed by the Makimukagawa River, a tributary of the Hatsuse River. In the Tsuji area to the east, there were two artificial ditches, 5 meters wide and one meter deep, that merged midway and had a weir. In some places, the banks were protected by driving sheet piles into the ground, and in other places, water collection basins were built, and a large amount of earthenware from the early Kofun period has been excavated from the ditches. In addition to the above, there are many excellent wooden vessels such as boat-shaped and bird-shaped wooden vessels, agricultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Historic Sites Of Japan (Nara)
This list is of the Monuments of Japan, Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefectures of Japan, Prefecture of Nara Prefecture, Nara. National Historic Sites As of 17 June 2022, one hundred and twenty-seven Sites have been Cultural Properties of Japan, designated as being of national Values (heritage), significance (including ten *List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments, Special Historic Sites); Ishinokarato Kofun and Narayama Tile Kiln Sites span the prefectural borders with Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Ōmine Okugakemichi those with Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama, and Kumano Kodō, Kumano Sankeimichi those with both Wakayama and Mie Prefecture, Mie. Many are inscribed on the World Heritage Sites in Japan, UNESCO World Heritage List as component sites of the ''Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara'', ''Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area'' or ''Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range''; others have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokenoyama Kofun
is an early Kofun period burial mound and one of the tumuli in the Makimuku Kofun Cluster in the Hashihaka neighborhood of the city of Sakurai Nara Prefecture, Japan. Collectively with the other tumuli in the Makimuku Kofun Cluster, it was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2006. A portion of the artifacts excavated from the tumulus are collectively designated a National Important Cultural Property. It is believed to have been constructed around 250 AD. Overview The Hokenoyama Kofun is located to the east of the Hashihaka Kofun. It has a distinctive -style scallop-shaped design. The tumulus measures approximately 80 meters in length, with a posterior circular diameter of 60 meters, built in three tiers, with a height of 8.5 meters. The anterior rectangular section is only 3.5 meters high and 20 meters long, and the tumulus is orientated to the southeast. The tumulus is surrounded a moat 10.5 to 17 meters wide (wider on the west side). Over time, certain details ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashida Ōtsuka Kofun
is an early Kofun period burial mound and one of the tumuli in the Makimuku Kofun Cluster in the Higashida Ōtsuka neighborhood of the city of Sakurai Nara Prefecture, Japan. Collectively with the other tumuli in the Makimuku Kofun Cluster, it was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2006. Overview The Higashida Ōtsuka Kofun has a distinctive -style scallop-shaped design, with a total length of approximately 120 meters. It is an example of a "Makimuku-type keyhole-shaped tomb" with a ratio of the circular rear section to the front section of 2:1. The posterior circular portion is approximately 68 meters in diameter, with a height of nine meters, and the anterior rectangular section has a length of 50 meters. Currently, the front part extending to the southwest has been largely removed. The tumulus is surrounded by a moat with width of 21 meters and depth of 1.3 meters. No traces of ''fukiishi'' roofings stones or ''haniwa'' have been found. The interior of the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makimuku Katsuyama Kofun
is an early Kofun period burial mound and one of the tumuli in the Makimuku Kofun Cluster in the Higashida neighborhood of the city of Sakurai Nara Prefecture, Japan. Collectively with the other tumuli in the Makimuku Kofun Cluster, it was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2006. Overview The Makimuku Katsuyama Kofun has a distinctive -style scallop-shaped design, with a total length of approximately 115 meters. It is an example of a "Makimuku-type keyhole-shaped tomb" with a ratio of the circular rear section to the front section of 2:1. The posterior circular portion of oval, approximately 70 meters in diameter, with a height of seven meters, and anterior rectangular section had length of 46 meters, and width of 26 meters. It is surrounded by an inverted trapezoidal pond around it, which seems to be a trace of a horseshoe-shaped moat. The interior of the tumulus has never been excavated, but artifacts recovered from the moat include a large amount of earthenw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makimuku Ishizuka Kofun
is an early Kofun period Kofun, burial mound and one of the tumuli in the Makimuku Kofun Cluster and is located in the Ota neighborhood of the city of Sakurai, Nara, Sakurai Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is a ''kofun'' of Makimuku ruins. Collectively with the other tumuli in the Makimuku Kofun Cluster, it was designated a Monuments of Japan, National Historic Site of Japan in 2006. It is dated to around 180CE, with the nearby being dated to around 200AD. Overview The Makimuku Ishizuka Kofun is a -style scallop-shaped tumulus 96 meters long, with a 64 meter diameter posterior circular mound, and a 34 meter wide rectangular anterior portion. The narrow part connecting the two portions is 15-16 meters wide. The moat is about 20 meters wide. The posterior mound is an irregular circle, 59 meters east-to-west and 45 meters north-to-south, and the front is curves open like a shamisen plectrum. No ''fukiishi'' roofing stones or clay ''haniwa'' were used. The top of the mound was leveled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanto Region
Japanese Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics. In Japan Kantō may refer to: *Kantō Plain *Kantō region * Kantō-kai, organized crime group * Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ''Pokémon'' media franchise, named after the Japanese region of the same name Kantō is a festival held in Akita every year. * Akita Kanto (Japanese: 竿燈) In Northeast China or Manchuria Kantō may refer to the region of Jiandao (Japanese: 間島 ''Kantō'') in Manchuria, now known more commonly as Yanbian. Kantō (関東) is an alternate name for Northeast China or Manchuria used in the following: *Kwantung Army (Japanese: 関東軍 ''Kantōgun''), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army *Kwantung Leased Territory (Japanese: 関東州 ''Kantōshū''), a Japanese possession in Northeastern China until the end of World War II Italian * Kanto (music) is a form of Italian theatre and opera popular in Turkey. *Kanto (comics) Kanto is a super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's Japanese archipelago, four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa Island, Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Ryukyu Islands, Islands). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands. Kyushu has a land area of and a population of 14,311,224 in 2018. In ancient times, there is a theory that Kyushu was home to its own independent dynasty, where a unique, southern-influenced culture and tradition distinct from that of Honshu flourished. In the 8th-century Taihō Code reforms, Dazaifu (government), Dazaifu was established as a special administrative term for the region. Geography The island is mountainous, and Japan's most active volcano, Mount Aso at , is on Kyūshū. There are many other signs of tectonic activity, including numerous areas of hot springs. The most famous of these are in Beppu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
