Raijinyama Kofun

Raijinyama Kofun
雷神山古墳
Location in Japan
Raijinyama Kofun
Location in Japan
Raijinyama Kofun (Japan)
Location Natori, Miyagi, Japan
Region Tōhoku region
Coordinates 38°09′3.2″N 140°52′46″E / 38.150889°N 140.87944°E / 38.150889; 140.87944
Type kofun
History
Founded late 4th or early 5th century AD
Periods Kofun
Site notes
Excavation dates 1976-1977
Ownership National Historic Site
Public access Yes

Raijinyama Kofun (雷神山古墳) is a kofun burial mound located approximately two kilometers south of the center of the city of Natori, Miyagi in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The site is a double mound, consisting of a large keyhole-shaped kofun with a smaller adjacent circular kofun. Both were collectively designated a National Historic Site in 1956.[1]

The tomb does not appear in any historical records and the name of rank of the person buried within is unknown. It has only been partially excavated; however, From the style of the mound and haniwa and pottery fragments discovered at the site, archaeologists have dated the kofun to the late 4th or early 5th century AD.

Raijinyama kofun

  • Total length: 168 meters
  • Circular Portion: 3-stages, 96 meter diameter x 12 meter height
  • Keyway Portion: 72 meter length x 96 meter max width, 6 meter height, 2-stage

Kozuka kofun

  • Circular Portion: 3-stages, 54 meter diameter

See also

References

  1. ↑ "雷神山古墳 らいじんやまこふん" [Raijinyama kofun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs.
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