A keyhole-shaped burial mound about 128 meters long built in the early 5th century; a National Historic Site with restored stone facing and haniwa rows, it symbolizes the power of ancient chieftains who dominated the Otokuni region.
Egeyama Kofun is a keyhole-shaped burial mound in Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto, built in the first half of the 5th century, measuring approximately 128 meters in length. Although Nagaokakyo City is known as the site of Nagaokakyo, the capital Emperor Kanmu established when he moved the court from Heijokyo in 784, this mound is an important site showing that powerful clans inhabited the area since the mu…
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