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Ichinoyama Kofun

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Ichinoyama Kofun
市ノ山古墳
Coordinates34°34′26″N 135°37′00″E / 34.573867°N 135.61655°E / 34.573867; 135.61655

The Ichinoyama Kofun (市ノ山古墳) is a kofun located in Fujiidera, Osaka traditionally believed to be the burial site of Emperor Ingyō.[1]

The kofun is a member of the Furuichi Kofun Group.[2]

Aerial view

Description

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The kofun is 230 meters long, with many subsidiary tombs surrounding it. Many of these tombs contained sacrophagi with a "house shaped" design more similar to later designs. This has been interpreted as indicating this kofun was a transitionary period towards later burial practices. This is in line with the decline of the kofun system which came after this kofun. With a few exceptions like Okamisanzai Kofun [ja], most kofuns made later than this kofun were smaller compared to this one.[2]

Association with Emperor Ingyo

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The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Ingyō's mausoleum/kofun-type Imperial tomb. Formally, this tomb is called Emperor Ingyō's misasagi (恵我長野北陵,, Ega no nagano no kita no misasagi).[1]

The actual site of Ingyō's grave is not known, this regent is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine near the kofun.[3][4] An alternative theory states Ingyo was buried in the nearby Tsudoshiroyama Kofun (津堂城山古墳), which is also located in Fujiidera.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Noboru Sotoike (2005). Encyclopedia Mausoleum Reference Site: Another Emperor's Mausoleum. Yoshikawa Kobunkan. pp. 49–52. ISBN 4642013458.
  2. ^ a b "Explanation: the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group(Part 2)│Nonaka Kofun/Osaka University Department of Archaeology". 野中古墳/大阪大学考古学研究室 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ "允恭天皇 (19)". Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  4. ^ Gowland, William (1907). The Burial Mounds and Dolmens of the Early Emperors of Japan. Vol. 37. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. pp. 10–46.