Egeyama Kofun Group

Japanese: 恵解山古墳群 - えげやまこふんぐん

This is a group of ancient tombs built on the southern foot of the Bizan mountain range, which occupies the southwestern part of Tokushima City, on a branch mountain commonly known as Mt. Ekai. They are located in Shimo Fukuma, Yamamachi, Tokushima City. All of the 10 tombs whose existence has been confirmed are small circular tombs with little filling, and lack roofing stones and haniwa clay figures. The burial facilities include box-type stone coffins (tombs 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9) and cave-in stone chambers (tombs 5 and 7). It is safe to assume that the box-type stone coffin tombs were built in the 5th century, and the cave-in stone chamber tombs in the 6th century. Human bones, imitation mirrors, armor, swords, and iron arrowheads have been excavated from Tomb 1.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

徳島市内の南西部を占める眉山山塊の南麓，恵解山と通称する支脈上に築かれた古墳群。徳島市八万町下福万に所在する。存在が確認された10基の古墳は，いずれも盛土の乏しい小円墳であり，葺石（ふきいし），埴輪を欠く。埋葬施設には，箱式石棺(1･2･3･8･9号墳)と横穴式石室(5･7号墳)とがある。箱式石棺墳は5世紀，横穴式石室墳は6世紀の築造とみて大過ない。1号墳から人骨，仿製鏡，甲冑，刀剣，鉄鏃が出土した。

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