Shinmeiyama Kofun
The is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Tangochomiya neighborhood of the city of Kyōtango, Kyoto in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1923. Overview The Shinmeiyama Kofun is a , which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above. It is located at the mouth of the Takeno River, in the center of the west coast of the Tango Peninsula overlooking the Sea of Japan. It dates from the middle of the Kofun period, or the end of the 4th century to the beginning of the 5th century. The tumulus was constructed by cutting away the tip of a hill, and is orientated to the northeast. It was surveyed by Doshisha University fringe 1964 to 1967, but no excavation has been conducted. The tumulus has a length 190 meters, making it one of the largest on the Sea of Japan coast. The surface of the mound was covered in white fukiishi, and both cylindrical and figurative haniwa have been found. Among the haniwa, fragments of a type specific to the Tango region have been found, including one with