Decorated kofun

{{nihongo|Decorated kofun|装飾古墳|sōshoku kofun}} is the term used for kofun or ancient Japanese tombs ornamented with painted or carved decoration. The tombs take the form of tumuli or earthen mounds piled over stone chambers as well as caves excavated from the living rock. The decoration may be on the inner walls, on stone screens, on sarcophagi or, in the case of cave tombs, around the entrance on the exterior. Of the 161,560 ancient burials identified to date, around two hundred and fifty are so decorated.{{cite book |script-title=ja:装飾古墳 |trans-title=Decorated Kofun |language=Japanese, English |author=Kobayashi Yukio |publisher=Heibonsha |year=1964 |pages=124–8}}{{cite book |title=Early Japanese Art: the Great Tombs and Treasures |author=Kidder, J. Edward |publisher=Thames and Hudson |year=1964 |pages=110–170, 272–324}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hyogo-c.ed.jp/~shabun-bo/gyouseisituhp/top/kihonkousou/6(4).pdf |script-title=ja:兵庫県の遺跡・遺物数の全国的な位置 |trans-title=Numeric Comparison of Historic Sites in Hyōgo Prefecture with National Totals |language=Japanese |publisher=Hyōgo Prefecture |accessdate=10 August 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/ |script-title=ja:装飾古墳データベース |trans-title=Decorated Tomb Database |language=Japanese |publisher=Kyushu National Museum |accessdate=10 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816022032/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/ |archive-date=16 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}"Japanese terms: {{nihongo|tumuli|墳丘墓|funkyū-bo}}; {{nihongo|cave tombs|横穴墓|yokoana-bo}}; {{nihongo|wall painting|彩色壁画|saishiki hekiga}}; {{nihongo|incised lines|線刻|senkoku}}; {{nihongo|relief carving|浮彫|ukibori}}; {{nihongo|sarcophagus|石棺|sekkan}}

Motifs

Decorative motifs include the chokkomon (an X-shape forming triangular zones that intersect irregular curves), circles, concentric circles, triangles, human figures, horses, birds, boats, swords, shields, and quivers.{{cite web |url=http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/index.php/1/-/-/-/-/-/-/m_frame.php |script-title=ja:文様 |trans-title=Decorated Tomb Database: Motifs |language=Japanese |publisher=Kyushu National Museum |accessdate=10 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207195443/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/index.php/1/-/-/-/-/-/-/m_frame.php |archive-date=7 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}Japanese terms: {{nihongo|chokkomon|直弧文|chokkomon}}; {{nihongo|circles|円文|enmon}}; {{nihongo|concentric circles|同心円文|dōshin-enmon}}; {{nihongo|triangles|三角文|sankaku-mon}}; {{nihongo|boats|船|fune}}; {{nihongo|rings with feet|双脚輪状文|sōkyakurinjō-mon}}

List of decorated kofun

This list is of the decorated kofun of ancient Japan, located in Fukuoka prefecture.{{cite book|author=Otomasu Shigetaka|publisher=Kodansha|year=1974|pages=152–160|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:装飾古墳の文様|trans-title=Decorated Kofun and their Motifs}}{{cite web|url=http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/kofun_list.php|publisher=Kyushu National Museum|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:古墳一覧|trans-title=List of Kofun|accessdate=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204104031/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/kofun_list.php|archive-date=4 December 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|publisher=Asahi Shimbun|year=1993|editor=National Museum of Japanese History|editor-link=National Museum of Japanese History|language=Japanese|script-title=ja:装飾古墳の世界|trans-title=Special Exhibition: Decorated Tombs in Japan}}

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! class="unsortable" align="left" width="8%" |Image

! align="left" width="13%" |Kofun

! align="left" width="6%" |Municipality

! align="left" width="7%" |Date

! class="unsortable" align="left" width="16%" |Tomb style

! class="unsortable" align="left" width="16%" |Decoration

! class="unsortable" align="left" width="8%" |Designation

! class="unsortable" align="left" width="8%" |Coordinates

! class="unsortable" align="left" width="4%" |Database

| align="center" |{{ill|Urayama Kofun|lt=Urayama Kofun|ja|浦山古墳}}{{nihongo2|浦山古墳}}Urayama kofun

|Kurume

|450-500

|keyhole

|incised (and red) concentric circles, chokkomon, kagitemon, triangles in a continuous pattern

|Historic Site [https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2641]

|{{coord|33.28486335|N|130.5357237|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Urayama Kofun}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011320/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/36/]

| align="center" |Nichirinji Kofun{{nihongo2|日輪寺古墳}}Nichirinji kofun

|Kurume

|475-525

|keyhole

|relief and incised (and red) concentric circles, chokkomon, kagitemon

|Historic Site [https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2600]

|{{coord|33.32046961|N|130.49845976|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Nichirinji Kofun}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110303/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/37/]

| align="center" |{{ill|Yamanoshita Kofun|lt=Yamanoshita Kofun|ja|山ノ下古墳}}{{nihongo2|山ノ下古墳}}Yamanoshita kofun

|Kurume

|round

|red; indistinct

| align="center" |{{ill|Shimobaba Kofun|lt=Shimobaba Kofun|ja|下馬場古墳}}{{nihongo2|下馬場古墳}}Shimobaba kofun

|Kurume

|575-600

|round

|red and blue concentric circles, triangles, and shields

|Historic Site [https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2638]

|{{coord|33.31383824|N|130.6227841|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Shimobaba Kofun}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131204093646/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/2/]

| align="center" |{{ill|Tōkō-ji Kenzuka Kofun|lt=Tōkō-ji Kenzuka Kofun|ja|東光寺剣塚古墳}}{{nihongo2|東光寺剣塚古墳}}Tōkō-ji Kenzuka kofun

|Fukuoka

|525-575

|keyhole

|incised boats

|{{coord|33.573849|N|130.432756|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Tōkō-ji Kenzuka Kofun}}

|[http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/55/]

| align="center" |{{ill|Sakurakyō Kofun 2|lt=Sakurakyō Kofun 2|ja|桜京古墳 (２号古墳)}}{{nihongo2|桜京古墳 (２号古墳)}}Sakurakyō nigō kofun

|Munakata

|550-600

|keyhole

|red and green triangles, in a continuous pattern

|Historic Site [https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2674]

|{{coord|33.84389006|N|130.4953238|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Sakurakyō Kofun 2}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191952/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/56/]

| align="center" |{{ill|Haburakan Cave Tomb Cluster|lt=Haburakan Cave Tomb Cluster|ja|埴生羅漢山横穴墓群}}{{nihongo2|埴生羅漢山横穴墓群}}Haburakan yokoana bogun

|Nakama

|575-650

|{{ill|corridor-type kofun|lt=cave|ja|横穴墓}}

|incised boats

|{{coord|33.815845|N|130.698638|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Haburakan Cave Tomb Cluster}}

|[http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/60/]

| align="center" |{{ill|Seto Cave 14|lt=Seto Cave 14|ja|瀬戸14号横穴}}{{nihongo2|瀬戸14号横穴}}Seto jūyongō yokoana

|Nakama

|{{ill|corridor-type kofun|lt=cave|ja|横穴墓}}; replica at the {{nihongo|Nakama City Museum of History and Folklore|中間市歴史民俗資料館}}

|red boats, human figures, horses, and birds

|{{coord|33.817841|N|130.699689|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Seto Cave 14}}

| align="center" |{{ill|Doinouchi Cave|lt=Doinouchi Cave|ja|土居の内横穴}}{{nihongo2|土居の内横穴}}Doinouchi yokoana

|Nakama

|{{ill|corridor-type kofun|lt=cave|ja|横穴墓}}

|incised boats

|{{coord|33.818982|N|130.700269|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Doinouchi Cave}}

| align="center" |{{ill|Furutsuki Cave Tomb Cluster (Cave 9)|lt=Furutsuki Cave Tomb Cluster (Cave 9)|ja|古月横穴墓群 (９号横穴)}}{{nihongo2|古月横穴墓群 (９号横穴)}}Furutsuki yokoana bogun

|Kurate

|550-650

|{{ill|corridor-type kofun|lt=cave|ja|横穴墓}}

|whitened and incised indistinct grid pattern

|Historic Site [https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2623]

|{{coord|33.80384288|N|130.66922356|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Furutsuki Cave Tomb Cluster}}

|[http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/62/]

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| align="center" |Takehara Kofun{{nihongo2|竹原古墳}}Takehara kofun

|Miyawaka

|550-600

|round

|black and red human figure, horse, dragon, fans, boat, waves

|Historic Site [https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2648]

|{{coord|33.73314575|N|130.61051484|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Takehara Kofun}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225911/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/25/]

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| align="center" |Ōzuka Kofun{{nihongo2|王塚古墳}}Ōzuka kofun

|Keisen

|525-575

|keyhole

|red, green, yellow and black circles, concentric circles, triangles, birds, circular patterns with twin feet, vegetal motifs, quivers, bows, swords, shields, riders

|Special Historic Site [https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2631]

|{{coord|33.58873401|N|130.66359466|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Ōzuka Kofun}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125602/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/23/]

| align="center" |{{ill|Togami Kannonzuka Kofun|lt=Togami Kannonzuka Kofun|ja|砥上観音塚古墳}}{{nihongo2|砥上観音塚古墳}}Togami Kannonzuka kofun

|Chikuzen

|575-600

|round

|red circles, boats, riders

|{{coord|33.481102|N|130.606327|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Kannonzuka Kofun}}

|[http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/20/]

| align="center" |{{ill|Kitsunezuka Kofun|lt=Kitsunezuka Kofun|ja|狐塚古墳}}{{nihongo2|狐塚古墳}}Kitsunezuka kofun

|Asakura

|600-625

|round

|incised circles, concentric circles, boats, horses

|{{coord|33.388166|N|130.712832|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Kitsunezuka Kofun}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120457/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/51/]

| align="center" |{{ill|Miyajidake Kofun|lt=Miyajidake Kofun|ja|宮地嶽古墳}}{{nihongo2|宮地嶽古墳}}Miyajidake kofun

|Asakura

|round

|red and blue circles

|{{coord|33.398736|N|130.728207|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Miyajidake Kofun}}

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| align="center" |Gorōyama Kofun{{nihongo2|五郎山古墳}}Gorōyama kofun

|Chikushino

|550-600

|round

|red, black, and green quivers, bows, boats, houses, horses, birds, human figures, riders

|Historic Site [https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2640]

|{{coord|33.45192865|N|130.54520153|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Gorōyama Kofun}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191748/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/22/]

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| align="center" |Haginoo Kofun{{nihongo2|萩ノ尾古墳}}Haginoo kofun

| Ōmuta

|c.600

|round

|red and black; concentric circles, triangles, quivers, bows, boats

|Historic Site [https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/db/heritages/detail/202866]

|{{coord|33|00|11|N|130|28|15|E|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|display=inline|format=dms|name=Haginoo Kofun}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191748/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/d_frame.php/40/22/]

Notes

References

External links

{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130816022032/http://kyuhaku.jmc.or.jp/ Decorated Tomb Database]

Category:Japanese painting

Category:Japanese sculpture

Category:Kofun period

Decorated kofun

Motifs

List of decorated kofun

See also

Notes

References

External links