Octagonal Kofun

Kengoshizuka Kofun a notable Octagonal Kofun, where Empress Kōgyoku is buried.

Octagonal Kofun (八角墳, hakkaku-fun) is a kind of Kofun

Many Japanese Emperors were buried in them including Empress Kōgyoku in Kengoshizuka Kofun, Emperor Tenji in his Mausoleum, and Emperor Jomei in Dannozuka Kofuni.

From the end of the 6th century to the beginning of the 7th, the tumuli of the monarchs changed from square hōfun tumuli to octagonal hakkaku-fun tumuli. ja:八角墳

List

• Ise Kofun (Fujioka City)
  
• Inari Kofun
  
• Oichi No.1 Kofun
  
• Kajiyama Kofun
  
• Kengoshizuka Kofun
  
• Gobyo Kofun
  
• Takei temple ruins
  
• Dannozuka Kofun
  
• Tsukamyojin Kofun
  
• Nakaoyama Kofun
  
• Nakayamasōen Kofun
  
• King Noguchi Kofun
  
• Mitsuya Kofun
  
• Yoshida Kofun
  

See Also

• circular-type kofun
• square-type kofun
• zenpō-kōhō-fun (前方後方墳)
• zenpō-kōen-fun (前方後円墳)
• scallop-type kofun
• Joenkahofun
• corridor-type kofun (横穴式石室, yokoana-shiki sekishitsu)

Works cited

• Aoki, Takashi (2003). Kofun chikuzō no kenkyū—funkyū kara mita kofun no chiikisei 古墳築造の研究－墳丘からみた古墳の地域性－ [Research on the construction of kofun]. Rokuichi Shobō. ISBN 4-947743-16-6. Search this book on
• Haraguchi, Shōzō; Nishitani, Tadashi (1967). "弁天山C1号墳". Bentenyama kofungun no chōsa 弁天山古墳群の調査 [Research on Bentenyama kofungun]. Ōsaka-fu kyōiku iinkai. Search this book on
• Hirose, Kazuo (2003). Zenpō-kōen-fun kokka 前方後円墳国家 [Keyhole-shaped kifun nation]. Kadokawa Shoten. ISBN 4-04-703355-3. Search this book on
• Ishino, Hironobu (1990). Kofun Jidai-shi 古墳時代史 [History of the Kofun Period]. Yuzankaku. ISBN 4-639-01888-6. Search this book on
• Ishino, Hironobu, ed. (1992). Kofun jidai no kenkyū 7 Kofun 1 Funkyū to naibu kōzō 古墳時代の研究7 古墳I 墳丘と内部構造 [Kofun period research 7 Kofun 1 Burial mounds and their inner structure]. 7. 図版: Yuzankaku. ISBN 4-639-00960-7. Search this book on
• Ishizuka, Hisanori (1992). "3 外部施設 2 葺石". Kofun jidai no kenkyū 7 Kofun 1 Funkyū to naibu kōzō 古墳時代の研究7 古墳I 墳丘と内部構造 [Kofun period research 7 Kofun 1 Burial mounds and their inner structure]. Yuzankaku. ISBN 4-639-00960-7. Search this book on
• Iwasaki, Takuya (1992). "1 総論". In Ishino, Hironobu. Kofun jidai no kenkyū 7 Kofun 1 Funkyū to naibu kōzō 古墳時代の研究7 古墳I 墳丘と内部構造 [Kofun period research 7 Kofun 1 Burial mounds and their inner structure]. 7. 図版: Yuzankaku. ISBN 4-639-00960-7. Search this book on
• Kondō, Yoshirō (2001). Zenpō-kōen-fun ni manabu 前方後円墳に学ぶ [Learning from keyhole-shaped kofun]. Yamakawa Shuppansha. ISBN 4-634-60490-6. Search this book on
• Mori, Kōichi (1985). Kyodai kofun—Zenpō-kōen-fun no nazo wo toku 巨大古墳—前方後円墳の謎を解く [Giant kofun—solving the mystery of the keyhole-shaped kofun]. Sōshisha. ISBN 4-7942-0220-2. Search this book on
• Mori, Kōichi (1986a). "「ヤマト古墳文化の成立」". In Mori, Kōichi. Nihon no kodai 5: Zenpō-kōen-fun no seiki 日本の古代5 前方後円墳の世紀 [Ancient Japan 5: The era of keyhole-shaped kofun]. Chūō Kōronsha. pp. 225–274. ISBN 4-12-402538-6. Search this book on
• Mori, Kōichi (1986b). "「海と陸のあいだの前方後円墳」". In Mori, Kōichi. Nihon no kodai 5: Zenpō-kōen-fun no seiki 日本の古代5 前方後円墳の世紀 [Ancient Japan 5: The era of keyhole-shaped kofun]. Chūō Kōronsha. pp. 275–300. ISBN 4-12-402538-6. Search this book on
• Niiro, Izumi (1992). "V古墳時代 2古墳 a前・中期". Zukai Nihon no jinrui iseki 図解･日本の人類遺跡. Tokyo Diagaku Shuppankai. ISBN 4-13-026200-9. Search this book on
• Ōtsuka, Hatushige; Kobayashi, Saburō (1982). Kofun Jiten 古墳辞典 [Kofun Dictionary]. Tokyo-dō Publishing. ISBN 4-490-10165-1. Search this book on
• Shiraishi, Taichirō (2002). Nihon no Jidai-shi: Wakoku Tanjō 「倭国誕生」白石編『日本の時代史1 倭国誕生』 [Period History of Japan: Birth of Wakoku]. 1. Yoshikawa Kōbunkan. ISBN 4-642-00801-2. Search this book on

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