Nice little satellite Kofun of the enormous Daysenryo Kofun!

A kofun estimated to have been built around the mid-5th century, shaped like a low, small, nearly round hill. It is considered an attendant tomb (baichō) of Daisenryō. It is now almost circular in shape, but according to Sakai City's explanation, it was originally a scallop-shaped keyhole tomb (hotategai-gata zenpō-kōenfun). There is no surrounding moat today, but the outline of the moat seems to be faintly indicated by a different color of road paving.

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It's at the southeast corner of Emperor Nintoku's Mausoleum. Right by Mozu Station on the JR Hanwa Line. According to the Sakai City website: "Osamezuka Kofun looks like a round burial mound, but it was originally a scallop-shaped kofun with its front section facing west. Today, the front section has been cut away and no longer retains its shape, and the moat that once surrounded it has also been filled in. The structure of the burial area and the grave goods are unknown, but it is said that fragments of iron armor were once collected from the top of the mound. In recent years, an investigation was carried out on the east side of the mound, the location of the moat was identified, and haniwa were unearthed. Based on the shape of the haniwa, it is estimated to have been built in the mid-5th century.

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A kofun with a stone monument shaped like a grain of rice with the germ removed. It was originally a scallop-shaped kofun, and the lost front section is marked out with tiles on the ground.

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Is this a keyhole-shaped kofun? Maybe only the front part is left now? Even so, there are no houses around it... it's still preserved as a kofun ^^ What a precious space.

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