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Akasaka Tennōzan Kofun

Sakurai, Japan

Tennōzan Kofun is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Kurahashi neighborhood of the city of Sakurai, Nara in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1954. It is only of several sites claiming to be the grave of Emperor Sushun. It is also called the Akasaka Tennōzan Kofun.

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

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