西求女塚古墳 - Kobe

It is the one that is maintained It's a rare front-back type

Nishimotomezuka Kofun The mound length is 98m, and the mound is estimated to have been built in the latter half of the 3rd century. Nationally designated historic site. The fault runs directly underneath, and the mound is deformed by the Keicho Fushimi Earthquake (1596). "Generally, the front and rear burial mounds are often found in the burial mounds of powerful tribes who did not come under the direct control of the Yamato kingdom and had their own power in the surrounding area. It is highly possible that it was done "(from Wikipedia) The latter half of the 3rd century, when this burial mound was built, was the early stage of the Yamato administration, and it is less than a century away from the Hashihaka burial mound (built in the middle of the 3rd century), which is said to be the tomb of Himiko. It was an era when the Yamato administration was trying to increase its control while deepening exchanges with various places. From that point of view, the relationship with the Yamato administration is also imaginative, and it is an interesting tumulus.

◽ Access Hanshin Main Line / Nishinada Station: 5 minutes walk ◽ Kofun data Site of Kobe City Buried Cultural Property Center In, it is explained as follows. A 95 m long "front and rear burial mound". With the Virgin Mounds and Higashi Gyuzu Mounds, Known as the tomb of the protagonist of the tragic love legend ing. ▽Excavation survey in 1993, Triangular god Many bronze mirrors were found, including the Beast Mirror.

The Nishi-Kyomezuka Tumulus is a large-scale front and rear tumulus in the early early Kofun period, located on the fan-shaped ground 6-8m above sea level between the Rokko Mountains and Osaka Bay in the southeastern part of Hyogo Prefecture. The existence of ancient burial mounds has been known for a long time, and it has been handed down as a stage of the legend of tragic love in "Manyoshu" and the like. Nowadays, it is maintained as a park in the city and is used as a place for citizens to relax. The Kobe City Board of Education has started excavation research to confirm the contents of the burial mound since 1985. The survey ended in 2002, although it was interrupted due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that occurred in January 1995. As a result, it was revealed that the Great Keicho Fushimi Earthquake that occurred in the first year of Keicho (1596) caused landslides and collapses to the mounds and burial pits, and it was found that the mounds were front and rear mounds. .. The size of the burial mound is 98 m in total length, 52 m in the rear part, 46 m in the front part, 50 m in the rear part, 25 m in the constricted part, and the maximum height is 9 m, and the main axis is in the east-west direction. There were two or more steps in the front part, and a small amount of thatchstone was detected near the base. As a burial facility, a pit-type stone chamber was confirmed in the north-south direction, which is orthogonal to the main axis, in the rear part. This stone chamber was not retained as it was because one-third of it had collapsed due to landslides due to the earthquake, but it was partitioned by a large slab 75 cm from the Minami Koguchi, and the remains on the north side were buried. It turned out to consist of a main room and a sub-chamber containing only burial items. It was also revealed that the stone used in the stone room had mercury vermilion applied on red iron oxide. The burial items are 12 bronze mirrors, including 7 triangle mirror-god beast mirrors from the main room, 2 iron spears, 4 daggers, 1 billboard...

The park is being maintained so much that it does not feel like an old burial mound. I think it is a good place with lots of green as a park, but when I visited, there was an old man with bad manners swinging the club to practice golf at the top of the old tomb.

It is a front and rear burial mound with the western end drumstick-shaped front burial at the end of the alluvial fan of the Rokko Mountains South Ridge facing east. Many pottery were excavated from the rear mound and are said to have been used for funeral ceremonies. It was built in the latter half of the 3rd century and is the oldest burial mound in Kobe.

It is near Nishinada Station in Hanshin. It seems that there is a lot of greenery and it is a walking course. It is a valuable archaeological site in a residential area.