In south-central Japan, especially around Osaka and Nara, there are very unique burial sites. Called “kofun” these burials are shaped like modern keyholes and surrounded by moats. They were built to be the eternal resting place of the imperial family and ruling elites. Size mattered. The bigger the person’s kofun, the more important the person. Some are shaped like circles or squares. The most common shape, however, is the keyhole where the circular mound contains the sarcophagus and the trapezoidal mound was used for ceremonies and ritual. Kofun were built between the 200s and early 600s CE.
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