Megalithic tomb - Kyosekifun

Japanese: 巨石墳 - きょせきふん
Megalithic tomb - Kyosekifun

…It is rather rare to build a mound and dig down from the top to create a burial chamber, as in the pit-style stone chambers of Japanese ancient tombs. A tomb that uses huge stones for the burial chamber or the outside is called a megalithic tomb (grave) and is treated as a type of megalithic monument. The ones in Western Europe are famous, but there are similar ones in East Asia, India, and other parts of the world. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "megalithic tombs" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本の古墳の竪穴式石室のように,墳丘を築き頂上から掘り下げて墓室を設けるのはむしろ珍しい。墓室や外まわりに巨石を用いた墓は巨石墳(墓)と呼ばれ,巨石記念物の一種として扱われる。ヨーロッパ西部のものが名高いが,東アジア,インドほか世界各地に似たものがある。…

※「巨石墳」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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