Registration Date：1922.03.08
A 210-meter-long posterior-facing tomb built in the first half of the 5th century, the largest in Minami Senshu.
The moat was designated as a national historic site in 1922. The moat is surrounded by a single layer of moat.
Entrance] Crossing the bridge to the mound with the image of a buried person
The left side is the posterior circle. The right side is the anterior part.
Zode] Zode built on the west side of the neck of the mound
Thatched stone and haniwa (clay figurine) on the mound. The mound has a thatched stone and a haniwa (clay figurine). 3-stage construction, the same as the Daisen burial mound, the largest in Japan.
Burial Facilities] A long-handled sarcophagus made of tuff is buried in the rear circle.
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The anterior and posterior tombs have been protected for a long time. The anterior and posterior portions of the tomb are still in their original state, giving us a glimpse of what the tomb looked like when it was built.
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Description
Sairyo Kofun, a National Historic Site, is an ancient burial mound located in the Tannowa area of the town of Misaki. Misaki is located at the southernmost part of Osaka Prefecture. It is known as the “Entrance to Osaka Bay”. The Sairyo Kofun tumulus has a total length of 210 meters. The square portion is 100 meters in length, while the round portion is 115 meters. It is a huge burial mound, on par with the tombs of the great sovereigns of the Nara Period. Sairyo Kofun is surrounded by a single moat. On the north side are two small burial mounds in the style called “Baizuka". On the west side of the burial mound, there is a narrow projection called a tsukuridashi, which is made for the purpose of venerating deities and the people who are buried in the mound. It is still not known who is buried here. However, it is believed to be Ki no Oyumi no Sukune. This is because it is written in the Nihon Shoki (a classical Japanese historical text completed in 720) that Ki no Oyumi no Sukune died of illness during the invasion of the Korean kingdom of Silla, and that his body was buried at Tamuwanomura. The location of Tamuwanomura is thought to be present-day Tannowa. The burial mounds at the entrance to Osaka Bay. You can vividly imagine the relationship between those enshrined here and the sea.
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