Terasaki Shirakabezuka Kofun

The Yōraku Kofun Cluster is a group of Kofun period burial mounds located in the town of Takatori, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It consists of over 100 kofun which are lined up from north-to-south, along a ridge. Excavations have been carried out since 2002. The tumuli are estimated to have been built in the late to final stages of the Kofun period, around the end of the 6th century to the early 7th century, and post-interments up to the beginning of the 8th century have been confirmed. The three largest tumuli, Yoraku Kankozuka Tomb, Yoraku Kanjo Tomb, and Terasaki Shirakabezuka Tomb, are assumed to be the tombs of an toraijin immigrant clan, possibly the Yamato no Aya clan, based on the discovery of miniature rice cooker pottery and dome-shaped stone burial chambers. Archaeological excavations were carried out from 1996 to 2002. These three tumuli were collectively been designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2013.

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