Hyotanyama Kofun - Hyotanyama Kofun

Japanese: 瓢簞山古墳 - ひょうたんやまこふん

This keyhole-shaped tumulus is located in Miyazu, Azuchi-cho, Gamo-gun, Shiga Prefecture. It was built facing almost northwest on the western foot of Mt. Kannonji, which juts out into the Koto Plain, and measures 162m in length, 90m in diameter at the rear mound, and 70m in width at the front. In 1935, two box-shaped stone coffins were discovered in the front mound, and jewels and stone bracelets were extracted from one of them. The following year, Shiga Prefecture conducted an excavation survey, and discovered three pit-type stone chambers perpendicular to the main axis of the tumulus in the rear mound. The central stone chamber measures 6.6m in length, 1.3m in width, and 1.1m in height, and its walls are made of neat slab stone.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

滋賀県蒲生郡安土町宮津に所在する前方後円墳。湖東平野に突出する観音寺山の西麓にほぼ北西面して築かれ，全長162m，後円部径90m，前方部幅70mを測る。1935年に前方部で箱式石棺2基を発見し，1基から玉類，石釧（いしくしろ）を取りだした。翌年に滋賀県が発掘調査を行い，後円部から，古墳主軸に直交する竪穴式石室3基を検出した。中央石室は長6.6m，幅1.3m，高1.1mを測り，壁は整った板石積みである。

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