THE DIGITAL BURIAL MOUND ENCYCLOPEDIA

TUKAMAWARI TUMULUS

Location

Mozusekiun-cho 1, Sakai City

TUKAMAWARI TUMULUS


It is located in the east side of Daisen Tumulus(Nintoku-ryo Tumulus), and considered to be one of its baizukas(sub-Tumuli). The moat around it has already been buried under the land and houses are built on it now. It is a round burial mound about 32 meters long and 5 meters high. There is a line of clay figures at the bottom of the mound. In the excavation of the mound which took place in 1912, were found two-sided mirrors, sword, and many balls of various kinds made of jadeite, jasper, glass, etc.