Tsukinooka Tomb - Tsukinooka Tomb

Japanese: 月ノ岡古墳 - つきのおかこふん

This keyhole-shaped tumulus is located in Wakamiya, Yoshii-cho, Ukiha-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture. It is located on the alluvial plain on the left bank of the Chikugo River, and was built facing west within the grounds of Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine. It measures 95m in length, 50m in diameter at the rear mound, and 40m in width at the front. Traces of a moat remain around the perimeter, and various figurative haniwa clay figures have been erected on the mound. In 1805 (Bunka 2), a burial facility was excavated from the rear mound, containing a vertical stone chamber containing a chest-shaped stone coffin, and numerous artifacts were unearthed. Excavated items include mirrors, jewels, armor, belt fittings, horse equipment, swords, koroku, and iron arrowheads, and are illustrated in detail in Yano Kazusada's Chikugo Shoshi Gundan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

福岡県浮羽郡吉井町若宮に所在する前方後円墳。筑後川左岸の沖積平野にあり，若宮八幡社境内に西面して築かれる。全長95m，後円部径50m，前方部幅40mを測り，外周に濠の痕跡を残し，墳丘に各種の形象埴輪の樹立をみる。1805年(文化2)後円部から，竪穴式石室に長持形石棺を納めた埋葬施設が掘開され，多数の遺物がとりだされた。出土品には鏡，玉類，甲冑（かつちゆう），帯金具，馬具，刀剣，胡禄（ころく），鉄鏃などがあり，矢野一貞の《筑後将士軍談》に詳しく図示されている。

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