A Japanese research team has discovered what appears to be grave goods at Daisen Kofun, the country's largest ancient tumulus, in the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/20/japan/grave-goods-discovery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #emperornintoku #kofun #worldheritage #osaka
#Kofun
https://www.alojapan.com/1258638/exhibition-ancient-dna-the-journey-of-the-japanese-people/ Exhibition ‘Ancient DNA: The Journey of the Japanese People’ ##visitjapanjp #ainu #AncientDna #cats #culture #dogs #Exhibition #history #Japan #JapanNews #Jõmon #Kofun #news #ryukyu #UenoKoen #yamato #yayoi Situated within Ueno Park, the National Museum of Nature and Science is currently holding a special exhibition titled Ancient DNA: the Journey of the Japanese People. The exhibition provides an informative overview of Japanese…
Eind 2022 vonden #archeologen een reusachtig #zwaard en een bronzen spiegel in de Tomio Maruyama-grafheuvel in de stad #Nara in #Japan. Het ruim 2,3 meter lange zwaard en de schildvormige #spiegel dateren uit de #Kofun periode (310-700`n.Chr.), een periode waarover weinig bekend is. Volgens een Japanse archeoloog waren de spiegel en het zwaard waarschijnlijk grafgiften om kwade geesten af te weren.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/09/japan/history/nara-ancient-tomb/
When archeologists in Nara unearthed what could be the world's longest sword and a unique shield-shaped mirror, they were stunned — and excited about the clues it had to offer about ancient Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/09/japan/history/nara-ancient-tomb/ #japan #history #archaeology #nara #kofun #tomiomaruyama #kofunperiod
I put together a collection of 3D models I made from pottery recovered from the Tsuzuraozaki Lakebed site in Shiga prefecture. Locals have been pulling up this pottery in their nets for 100 years, with the oldest pottery dating back to the Initial Jomon period, over 7000 years ago. 🏺
#Japan #日本
#Jomon #縄文時代
#Yayoi #弥生時代
#Kofun #古墳時代
#archaeology #考古学
#3D #3次元
#photogrammetry #写真測量
#Shiga #滋賀県
The tomb of king Muryeong is perhaps one of the most impressive tombs from the Baekje kingdom of ancient Korea, both in its design and the treasure found inside it. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/963/the-tomb-of-king-muryeong/ #History #Baekje #Cheonmachong #Kofun
Goguryeo (Koguryo) ruled northern Korea during the Three Kingdoms period from the 1st century BCE to 7th century CE, and the best evidence of the kingdom's prosperity and artistry can be found in the many surviving tombs of the period. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/966/the-tombs-of-goguryeo/ #History #Goguryeo #GwanggaetotheGreat #Kofun
As best I've been able to put together, the earliest haniwa were pots and other dishes, possibly to hold ritual offerings or similar. The round stands that they were placed on became the round haniwa, with other types of objects sitting on top in place of the bowls, etc. These got more and more elaborate through the end of the kofun period.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/12/09/national/habikino-osaka-largest-haniwa-statue-japan/
Truly fascinated at the concept of wooden "haniwa". Clay statues, especially the cylindrical ones that give haniwa their name, are well known, but that isn't the only thing that topped the ancient mounded tombs. In Kyushu, stone figures were popular, and stone stone figures have also been found near kofun in the Asuka area of the Nara Basin. This is the first time I've really seen wooden figures.
Trekking around Asuka at the end of the day. Beautiful colors around some pretty impressive kofun, or old tumuli. There is the ruined Ishibutai kofun, where you can enter the stone burial chamber. Then there were kofun attributed to Temmu and Kimmei--ancient Japanese sovereigns.
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