"Located on a plateau above the Osaka Plain, this property includes 49 kofun (old mounds in Japanese). Burial mounds of various sizes, kofun can take the form of key holes, scallops, squares or circles. These tombs were for members of the elite, containing a range of funerary objects (such as weapons, armour and ornaments). They were decorated with clay figures, known as haniwa, which can take the form of cylinders or representations of houses, tools, weapons and human silhouettes. These kofun have been selected from a total of 160,000 in Japan and form the richest material representation of the Kofun period, from the 3rd to the 6th century CE. They demonstrate the differences in social classes of that period and reflect a highly sophisticated funerary system."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage
Postcard 1
2019 UNESCO World Heritage of Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group, Japan. Daisen Kofun of Sakai City is the largest megalithic tomb or tumulus. Thanks to Johnson of Hong Kong.
Postcard 2
An illustration of Mozu Kofun postcard. Thanks to Annie of Japan. Mailed with a 2020 Year of Rat stamp.
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