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Hodota Kofun Cluster

Tomb / BurialAsia

Cluster of keyhole-shaped burial mounds (kofun) in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Dates to the Kofun period (3rd-7th c. CE). The Hodota cluster includes multiple haniwa (clay figure) burial complexes whose function and design specifications still raise questions.

36.2833°, 138.9000°

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