Kinreizuka Tomb - Kinreizuka Tomb

This keyhole-shaped tumulus is located on alluvial plain in Nagasuka, Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture. It belongs to the latter half of the Late Kofun period. An investigation was carried out by Waseda University in 1950. Only most of the rear circular mound and part of the front circular mound remain, but the original form was built in three tiers, measuring 95 meters in length, 55 meters in diameter, and 72 meters in width at the front. In the rear circular mound there is a side-less horizontal-hole type stone chamber made of cut tuff stone, and approximately in the center there is a combination box-shaped stone sarcophagus made of chlorite schist. The grave goods include five golden bells, which caused the name of this tumulus to be changed from Futagozuka to Kinreizuka, as well as mirrors, copper pots, large swords, knives, iron arrowheads, jewels, gold and silver threaded gold sashes, gilt bronze ornamental metal fittings, ram-attached helmets, gilt bronze horse equipment, horse bells, sueki ware, hajiki ware, and many more. The large swords include those with ring heads, keitou heads, round heads, kabutchi heads, bird necks, and square heads. The grave goods are displayed separately at the Prefectural Kazusa Museum and the Kinreizuka Relics Preservation Museum, located on the hillside of Odayama Park in Kisarazu City.

[Tetsuzo Kubo]

"Kazusa Kaneshirozuka Kofun by Hiroshi Takiguchi et al. (1952, Waseda University Archaeology Laboratory)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

千葉県木更津(きさらづ)市長須賀(ながすか)の沖積地にある前方後円墳。古墳時代後期後半に属する。1950年（昭和25）早稲田(わせだ)大学により調査が行われた。墳丘は後円部の大半と前方部の一部を残すのみであったが、原形は三段築成で全長95メートル、後円部径55メートル、前方部幅72メートル。後円部に凝灰岩切石積(きりいしづみ)の袖無型横穴式石室があり、ほぼ中央部に緑泥片岩の組合せ式箱形石棺がある。副葬品には、本古墳の名称を二子塚(ふたごづか)から金鈴塚に改称させる因となった金鈴5個をはじめ、鏡、銅鋺(どうわん)、大刀、刀子(とうす)、鉄鏃(てつぞく)、玉類、金糸銀糸金製歩揺、金銅製飾金具、衝角付冑(しょうかくつきかぶと)、挂甲(けいこう)、金銅製馬具類、馬鐸(ばたく)、須恵器(すえき)、土師器(はじき)など多数がある。大刀には環頭、圭頭(けいとう)、円頭、頭椎(かぶつち)、鳥首、方頭の各形式のものを含む。副葬品は、木更津市太田山(おおだやま)公園中腹の県立上総(かずさ)博物館と金鈴塚遺物保存館に分けて陳列されている。

［久保哲三］

『滝口宏他著『上総金鈴塚古墳』（1952・早稲田大学考古学研究室）』

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