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Tsukuriyama Kofun (Sōja)
270px, Panoramic view is a Kofun period burial mound located in the Misu neighborhood of Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1921. It is the second largest tumulus in Okayama Prefecture and the tenth largest in Japan, and is estimated to have been built in the middle of the 5th century (in the middle of the Kofun period). Overview The Tsukuriyama Kofun is a , which is shaped like a keyhole when viewed from above, orientated to the southwest. The tumulus was constructed in three tiers and has a total length of 282 meters. The outer surface has ''fukiishi'' of breccia and rows of ''haniwa''. No trace of a surrounding moat has been found. The tumulus has never been excavated, so details of the burial chamber are unknown; however, it is presumed to be intact, since no indication of robbery pits have been found. Most of the items unearthed from the Tsukuriyama Kofun are cylindrical and morning g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukuriyama Kofun (Okayama)
270px, Panoramic View is a cluster of Kofun period burial mounds located in the Shinjōshita neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan. The cluster was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1921. The main Tsukuriyama Kofun is the largest burial mound in Okayama Prefecture and the fourth largest in Japan. Overview The Tsukuriyama Kofun is a , which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above. The tumulus was built by cutting a hill on the right bank of the Ashimori River in the western part of Okayama city. The tumulus consists of three tiers, and each tier was lined with cylindrical ''haniwa'' and covered with ''fukiishi''. It has a length of approximately 350 meters, and is estimated to have been built in the first half of the 5th century. A characteristic of this burial mound is that the ratio of the posterior circular portion to the length of the mound is large. The anterior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breccia
Breccia ( , ; ) is a rock composed of large angular broken fragments of minerals or Rock (geology), rocks cementation (geology), cemented together by a fine-grained matrix (geology), matrix. The word has its origins in the Italian language, in which it means "rubble". A breccia may have a variety of different origins, as indicated by the named types including sedimentary breccia, fault (geology), fault or tectonics, tectonic breccia, igneous breccia, Impact event, impact breccia, and Hydrothermal circulation, hydrothermal breccia. A megabreccia is a breccia composed of very large rock fragments, sometimes kilometers across, which can be formed by landslides, impact events, or caldera collapse. Types Breccia is composed of coarse rock fragments held together by cement or a fine-grained matrix. Like Conglomerate (geology), conglomerate, breccia contains at least 30 percent of gravel-sized particles (particles over 2mm in size), but it is distinguished from Conglomerate (geol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Okayama Prefecture
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past The past is the set of all Spacetime#Definitions, events that occurred before a given point in time. The past is contrasted with and defined by the present and the future. The concept of the past is derived from the linear fashion in which human ... itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on Primar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
