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前方後円墳: keyhole-shaped tumulus

前方後円墳ぜんぽうこうえんふん zenpoukouenfun

keyhole-shaped tumulus
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In Osaka there are several large keyhole-shaped tombs.

Toward the end of the Yayoi period, in the third century, very large keyhole-shaped tombs (zenpō kōenfun) began to be built in the Kinki region.

From the lesson 縄文時代と弥生時代のちがい、そして古墳時代へ

A zenpō kōenfun is a grave shaped like a keyhole, with a square part and a round part joined together.

From the lesson 縄文時代と弥生時代のちがい、そして古墳時代へ

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