Mausoleum - Ryobo

Japanese: 陵墓 - りょうぼ

Currently, this is the common name for the tombs of past emperors and empresses that are identified by the Imperial Household Agency and maintained and managed by the state. According to the Imperial Household Law enacted in 1947 (Showa 22), "the tombs are the places where the emperor, empress, grand empress dowager, and empress dowager are buried, and the places where other members of the imperial family are buried are tombs." Including the reference sites, there are 900 imperial tombs nationwide, of which 240 are considered to be ancient tombs. Most of the ancient tombs were identified between the end of the Edo period and the Meiji period, and many of them require further investigation, as there are still tombs of emperors according to legend. In particular, 24 of the 30 large keyhole-shaped tombs are identified as imperial tombs, and are considered important as essential materials for research on the Kofun period and the establishment of the ancient state. However, the Imperial Household Agency does not recognize these as cultural assets, as they are the tombs of the emperors' ancestors, and archaeologists have not conducted excavation surveys. As a result, it is difficult to determine the age of the tumulus based on its internal structure and grave goods, let alone identify the person believed to be buried there.
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Japanese:

現在，歴代天皇・皇后等の墓として，宮内庁が比定し，国が維持・管理しているものの通称。1947年（昭和22年）に制定された《皇室典範》によれば〈天皇・皇后・太皇太后(たいこうたいごう)及び皇太后を葬る所を陵，その他皇族を葬る所を墓〉と規定されている。参考地を含め，全国で陵墓は900ヵ所，そのうち240基が古墳に該当する。古代の陵墓は，ほとんどが江戸末期〜明治時代にかけて比定されたもので，現在でも伝承上の天皇の陵が存在するなど，比定の根拠については検討を要すべきものが多い。とくに30基ある大型前方後円墳のうち，24基が天皇陵古墳に比定されており，古墳時代や古代国家成立の研究に欠かせない資料として重要視されているが，宮内庁は，これらを天皇の祖先の墓として，文化財とは認めず，考古学研究者による発掘調査は実施されていない。そのため，古墳の内部構造，副葬品等から年代を明らかにすることはおろか，比定されている被葬者についても特定することは難しい状況である。
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