Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)
Ninomiya jinjya kohun
DatedEst. 250–650 CE
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Overview
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二ノ宮神社古墳（にのみやじんじゃこふん）とは、岐阜県各務原市鵜沼西町にある円墳。
古墳時代後期（6世紀後半）築造されたと考えられる。
墳丘がそのまま神社（二ノ宮神社）の境内になっており、奥行き6メートルの横穴式石室が露出している。
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The site's dated range, placed against world reference points.
The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.
The full article
Ninomiya jinjya kohun: the whole story
Summary in EnglishSources for this section
- Wikipedia (Japanese): 二ノ宮神社古墳CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (Japanese): 二ノ宮神社古墳CC BY-SA 4.0
Ninomiya jinjya kohun is a megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones) in Japan. A typological estimate: 250 CE to 650 CE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Japanese article "二ノ宮神社古墳", shown in the original language.
概要Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (Japanese): 二ノ宮神社古墳CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (Japanese): 二ノ宮神社古墳CC BY-SA 4.0
墳形：円墳
規模：
全長 不明
石室 横穴式石室
石棺 不明
所在地Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (Japanese): 二ノ宮神社古墳CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (Japanese): 二ノ宮神社古墳CC BY-SA 4.0
岐阜県各務原市鵜沼西町1丁目136
交通アクセスSources for this section
- Wikipedia (Japanese): 二ノ宮神社古墳CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources for this section
- Wikipedia (Japanese): 二ノ宮神社古墳CC BY-SA 4.0
名古屋鉄道各務原線羽場駅より徒歩20分
名古屋鉄道各務原線鵜沼宿駅より徒歩15分
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Japanese kofun tumuli
Kofun are the great burial mounds of ancient Japan, built mainly between the middle of the third century and the early seventh century CE. The period takes its name from them. The most distinctive form is the keyhole-shaped mound (zempō-kōen-fun), with one square end and one round end seen from above, but there are also plain round mounds, double-rectangle mounds and square mounds. Orientation is not fixed: in the Mozu group at Sakai, some round parts face north and others east.
The largest is Daisenryō kofun at Sakai in Osaka, the biggest kofun in Japan, thought to have been built over some twenty years in the middle of the fifth century. By common acceptance it is the tomb of Emperor Nintoku, and the Imperial Household Agency treats it as such, but this cannot be confirmed because the mound has not been excavated. It stands in the Mozu group, which once had more than a hundred tombs of which fewer than half remain; the group and the neighbouring Furuichi cluster were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019. The mounds were built on a plateau overlooking Osaka Bay, near the ancient coastline.
Dating rests on mound shape, pottery and grave goods. Haniwa, which means "clay circle", are terracotta cylinders and figures of houses, animals and people that were arranged in rings and rows around and on top of the mounds. Smaller kofun are very numerous and sit in groups in every region of Japan.
When visiting, look for the moat that surrounds the larger mounds, for the stepped outline of terraces, and for reconstructed haniwa in museums and parks beside the tombs.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Kofun, Wikipedia: Daisen Kofun, Wikipedia: Haniwa, Wikipedia: Mozu Tombs · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Lore
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What the evidence supports
Dates
Est. 250–650 CEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for megalithic mounds in Japan; this site has not been dated itself. Japanese kofun burial mounds were mainly constructed between the middle of the 3rd century and the early 7th century AD.Source for this date
Where it stands
Japan
The pin marks the monument itself — its exact point.
- Coordinates
- 35°24′19″ N, 136°56′10″ EFor a GPS or map app: 35.40522, 136.93617
Access is as our sources describe it; we have not visited the site to check.
Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
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Oumakiichigoukohun250–650 CE- Megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones)ふな塚古墳250–650 CE
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- 01Wikidata Q11371248wikidata.org
- 02Source for this dateen.wikipedia.org
Image files
- Ninomiya-Jinja Kofun 20221226 01.jpg先従隗始CC0
- Ninomiya-Jinja Kofun 20221226 02.jpg先従隗始CC0
- Ninomiya jinjya kohun-1.JPGonaonanCC BY-SA 3.0
- Ninomiya jinjya kohun-2.JPGonaonanCC BY-SA 3.0
- Ninomiya jinja (Unuma) - 4.jpgKKPCWCC BY-SA 4.0
- Ninomiya jinjya kohun (Unuma).jpgKKPCWCC BY-SA 4.0
- Top side of Ninomiya jinjya kohun.jpgKKPCWCC BY-SA 4.0
- Inside of Ninomiya jinjya kohun.jpgKKPCWCC BY-SA 4.0
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Text from the Wikipedia article "二ノ宮神社古墳" (Japanese), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; authors are listed in the page history. Reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikipedia · Edit history and authors
- Wikipedia (Japanese): 二ノ宮神社古墳CC BY-SA 4.0
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