What are Kofun? Ancient Japanese History
August 18, 2018
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as posted by the channelLittle did I realise Japan is COVERED in these huge tombs known as Kofun, some as big as 80 acres.
Perhaps these are more famous and I'm an idiot but I had genuinely never heard of these until about a month ago. They were all built between 250 and 538 CE and they stopped as suddenly as they appeared.
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Sources:
Ishino, Hironobu, and 石野博信. "Rites and Rituals of the Kofun Period." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 19, no. 2/3 (1992)191216.
Kitagawa, Joseph M. "Prehistoric Background of Japanese Religion." History of Religions 2, no. 2 (1963)292328.
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663highland, Matsumoto Castle05s5s4592, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wikiwikiyarou, Bronze Mirror in Ancient Japan, CC BY-SA 4.0
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