Kajiyama Tomb

Japanese: 梶山古墳 - かじやまこふん

<br /> An ancient tomb in Kokufu-cho, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. Located in a valley in the hills of Kajiyama, this ancient tomb has long been known and was even used as an air raid shelter during the war. The main part is a horizontal stone chamber made of cut tuff. It consists of an antechamber, an entrance gate, an antechamber, and an antechamber , and is about 9.2m long. The ceiling of the antechamber is one step higher than that of the antechamber and antechamber , in a medium-height style characteristic of the right bank of the Sendai River. The antechamber is sarcophagus-shaped, 2.35m deep, 1.37m wide, and about 1.6m high, and all three sides excluding the entrance gate and the ceiling are made of a single stone. Both sides of the entrance gate are made of stone, and a hollow can be seen on the front to fit a door stone into it, and there is tuff on the floor of the antechamber that is thought to be the base stone of a combination stone sarcophagus. In 1978 (Showa 53), a colored mural was discovered on the back wall of the burial chamber, and an investigation was carried out. The mural features a symmetrical triangular pattern and a concentric circle pattern in thin lines at the top, an unidentified curved pattern in between, and a fish facing right, painted in thick brushstrokes below. Further below are two circular patterns, each about 40 cm in diameter. The motifs found in the mural include triangular patterns, circles, concentric circles, and fish, which are used in decorated burial mounds throughout Kyushu and other regions, but the combination and depiction of fish is distinctive. Based on excavated artifacts such as fragments of sueki ware and the structure of the stone chamber, it is estimated to have been built between the late 6th century and the 7th century. It was designated a historic site in 1979 (Showa 54) as a typical late burial mound representing Inaba . Furthermore, excavations conducted since 1991 have revealed that what was initially thought to be a circular tumulus is in fact a deformed octagonal tumulus measuring 2.5 to 8.5 meters on each side, with a stone wall-like terrace in the front yard. Take the Hinomaru bus from JR San-in Main Line Tottori Station to "Okamasubashi" and walk for about 25 minutes.

Source: Kodansha National Historic Site Guide Information

Japanese:

鳥取県鳥取市国府町にある古墳。梶山の小丘陵の谷間にある古墳は昔から知られ、戦時中は防空壕として利用されていたこともある。主体部は横穴式石室で、凝灰岩の切り石を用いている。玄室、玄門、前室、羨道(せんどう)からなり、全長約9.2m、前室の天井は玄室、羨道より一段高い、千代(せんだい)川右岸に特徴的な中高式である。玄室は石棺状で、奥行き2.35m、幅1.37m、高さは約1.6mあり、玄門部を除いた3面と天井がそれぞれ1枚石でつくられている。玄門は両側が石で、前面に扉石をはめ込むための刳(く)り込みがみられ、羨道の床面上に組み合わせ式石棺の底石とみられる凝灰岩がある。1978年（昭和53）に玄室奥壁の彩色壁画が発見され、調査が実施された。壁画は上方には細い線で三角文と同心円文が左右対称に、その中間に図文不明の曲線文、その下に右向きの魚が筆太に描かれている。さらに下には、直径約40cmの円文状2個がある。三角文・円文・同心円文・魚など、九州地方を含む各地の装飾古墳に用いられるモチーフがみられるが、魚を中心とする組み合わせや描出に特色がある。須恵器(すえき)片などの出土品や石室の構造から、6世紀後半から7世紀にかけての築造と推定されている。因幡(いなば)を代表する典型的な後期古墳として、1979年（昭和54）に史跡に指定された。また、1991年（平成3）にからの発掘調査で、当初円墳とされていた古墳が、1辺2.5～8.5mの変形八角形墳で、前庭に石垣状の段をもつことが判明した。JR山陰本線鳥取駅から日ノ丸バス「岡益橋」下車、徒歩約25分。

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