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Ōsumi Kurumazuka Kofun

Kyōtanabe-shi, Japan

Tsuruki Kofun Cluster is a Kofun cluster located in the Ōsumi-Hachiōji neighborhood of the city of Kyōtanabe, Kyoto in the Kansai region of Japan. It is dominated by Ōsumi Kurumazuka Kofun a Kofun period keyhole-shaped burial mound. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1974. The Ōsumi Minamizuka Kofun to the west has the same shape and size, but is not part of the National Historic Site designation. On November 10, 2022, the Yahatanishi Kurumazuka Kofun , Tenriyama Kofun Cluster , and the Iioka Kurumazuka Kofun were additionally designated to the National Historic Site, and the name of the site was officially changed to the Tsuruki Kofun Cluster .

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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