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kofun
thumb|Daisen Kofun, the largest of all kofun, one of many tumuli in the [[Mozu kofungun, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture (5th century)]]
are megalithic tombs or tumuli in Northeast Asia. Kofun were mainly constructed in the Japanese archipelago between the middle of the 3rd century to the early 7th century AD.
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
museum in Japan
Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum
museum in Yamaga, Kumamoto, Japan
Kitora Tomb
kofun
Yamanoue Stele
fukiishi
upright=1.3|thumb|alt=|The round end of Goshikizuka Kofun in Kobe covered with restored fukiishi
'''''' ( or "roofing stone") were a means of covering burial chambers and burial mounds during the kofun period of Japan (). Stones collected from riverbeds were affixed to the slopes of raised kofun and other burial chambers. They are considered to have descended from forms used in Yayoi-period tumuli. They are common in the early and mid-Kofun periods, but most late Kofun-period tumuli do not have them.
Nitta Shrine
Shinto shrine in Satsumasendai, Japan