Choshizuka Tomb - Choshizuka Tomb

Japanese: 銚子塚古墳 - ちょうしづかこふん

There are ancient tombs called Choshizuka in various places, and all of them are keyhole-shaped tombs with a low, elongated front section extending from one side of the circular rear section. The name was given because the characteristic shape of the tomb resembles a long-handled choshi (a Japanese sake bottle). Ikisan Choshizuka Tomb (Fukuoka Prefecture) and Nakamichi Choshizuka Tomb (Yamanashi Prefecture) are particularly famous.
[Ichikisan Choshizuka Tomb]
This is a keyhole-shaped tumulus from the late 4th century located in Tanaka, Nijo Town, Itoshima County, Fukuoka Prefecture (formerly Ichikisan Village). The tumulus, built facing north on a diluvial plateau, has lost some of its original shape, but is 102 meters long, with a restored diameter of 60 meters at the rear and 31 meters wide at the front. There are no traces of roofing stones or cylindrical haniwa, and it does not have a surrounding moat.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

銚子塚と呼ぶ古墳は各地にあって，いずれも後円部の一側から前方部が低く細長く伸びた形の前方後円墳である。墳形の特徴を長柄の銚子に見たてた命名である。一貴山（いきさん）銚子塚古墳(福岡県)，中道（なかみち）銚子塚古墳(山梨県)は特に有名である。
【一貴山銚子塚古墳】
　福岡県糸島郡二丈（にじよう）町(旧，一貴山村)田中にある4世紀後葉の前方後円墳。洪積台地上に北面して築いた墳丘は，原形をやや損じているが，全長102m，後円部復原径60m，前方部幅31mあり，葺石（ふきいし）および円筒埴輪の形跡はなく，周濠もめぐらしていない。

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