Kofun
Fukuoka · 古墳Browse Fukuoka’s cultural heritage from the Kofun period (300 – 538). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Objects said to come from the Okitsumiya ritual site on Okinoshima. The word attributed marks unconfirmed provenance, kept apart from the confirmed finds.
Finds from the Okitsumiya ritual site on Okinoshima in Fukuoka, spanning the Kofun to Heian periods. Designated a National Treasure as a single lot in 1962.
Grave goods from an early seventh-century mound in the precinct of Miyajidake Shrine in Fukuoka, including gilt bronze horse trappings. National Treasure since 1952.
From an 1888 Yamaguchi tomb, this set holds a bronze mirror with the Wei reign name Zhengshi (240 CE), long central to the debate over Queen Himiko's gift mirrors.
Four sixth-century decorated tumuli in Ukiha, Fukuoka. Their painted chambers show boats, birds, quivers, and suns, read as the dead's voyage to the afterlife.