Omaruyama Tomb - Omaruyama Tomb

Japanese: 大丸山古墳 - おおまるやまこふん

This keyhole-shaped tumulus is located in Kamimukayama, Nakamichi-cho, Higashi-Yatsushiro-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture. It was built on the Sone Hills on the left bank of the Fuefuki River in the southeastern part of the Kofu Basin, facing southwest. It measures 99m in total length, 47m in diameter at the rear mound, and 34m in width at the front. It has roofing stones, but no haniwa clay figures. In 1929, a burial facility parallel to the main axis of the tumulus was discovered at the top of the rear mound. The facility consists of a stone sarcophagus made of granite and a pit-type stone chamber built on top of the lid stone. Human bones, stone pillows, mirrors, and beads were excavated inside the sarcophagus, and short armor, swords, iron arrowheads, and agricultural tools were excavated inside the upper stone chamber.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

山梨県東八代郡中道町上向山に所在する前方後円墳。甲府盆地南東部，笛吹川左岸の曾根丘陵上に，西南西面して築かれる。全長99m，後円部径47m，前方部幅34mをはかる。葺石をそなえ，埴輪を欠く。1929年に，後円部墳頂から，古墳主軸に平行する埋葬施設が発見された。施設は，花コウ岩製の石棺とその蓋石上面に築いた竪穴式石室とからなる。石棺内で人骨，石枕，鏡，玉類が，上部の石室内で短甲，刀剣，鉄鏃，農工具が出土した。

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