Kanazaki Burial Mounds

Japanese: 金崎古墳群 - きんざきこふんぐん

This group of ancient tombs consists of 11 in total, including two keyhole-shaped tombs (No. 1 and No. 5) and nine square tombs (No. 2-4, No. 6-11), located on a low hill in Kanazaki, Nishikawazu-cho, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. Currently, only Tombs 1-5 remain, the others having disappeared due to the development of housing estates. Tomb 1, thought to be the leader's tomb, is a keyhole-shaped tomb with a total length of approximately 36m. It was excavated in 1946 by Umehara Sueji and others, and re-excavated by the Matsue City Board of Education in 1976. It has no roofing stones, and cylindrical haniwa figures were used in the rear part, with fragments of house-shaped and human-shaped haniwa figures unearthed in the front part.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

島根県松江市西川津町金崎の低丘陵上にある前方後方墳2基(1,5号)と方墳9基(2～4号，6～11号)の計11基からなる古墳群。現在は1～5号墳を残すのみで，他は団地造成により消滅している。盟主墳とみられる1号墳は，全長約36mの前方後方墳で，1946年梅原末治らにより発掘され，76年に松江市教育委員会が再発掘した。葺石（ふきいし）はなく，後方部に円筒埴輪を用い，前方部で家形･人物埴輪の破片が出土した。

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