Ishizuka Tomb - Ijizuka Tomb

...In addition to the above, there are many excellent wooden vessels such as boat-shaped and bird-shaped wooden vessels, agricultural tools, and discs with complex arc patterns. Adjacent to both areas are the Yazuka Tomb and Ishizuka Tomb, and many pottery vessels have been excavated from their moats. Judging from the shape of the moat, it is known to be a scallop-shaped keyhole-shaped tomb about 90 meters in length. Together with other nearby tombs, it forms the Miwa Tomb Group, and some believe that the formation of this vast settlement, together with the Hashihaka Tomb about 1 km to the south, is linked to the ``Early Yamato Government.'' [Koraku Zentsu]...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Ishizuka Kofun" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…以上のほか舟形や鳥形木器，農耕具，複雑な弧文を描いた円盤などすぐれた木器も多い。両地区に接して矢塚古墳，石塚古墳があり，その濠からも多くの土器類を出土し，濠の形から全長90m前後の帆立貝形の前方後円墳とわかり，付近の他の古墳とともに纏向古墳群を形成し，南方約1kmにある箸墓（はしはか）古墳と合わせて，この広大な集落のなりたちを〈初期ヤマト政権〉と結びつける考えかたもある。【工楽 善通】。…

※「石塚古墳」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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