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Ishibutai Tumulus

Nara · Asuka · Contemporary Art

Japanese name: 石舞台古墳

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A 6th-century chamber tomb, built of some 30 great stones — among the largest in Japan.

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A 6th-century chamber tomb, built of some 30 great stones — among the largest in Japan.

About this place

Ishibutai kofun (石舞台古墳) is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the village of Asuka, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1935. In 1954 the designation was elevated to a Special Historic Sites (特別史跡, tokubetsu shiseki), The kofun is also known as the Ishibutoya (石太屋) Kofun.

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