Kofun
Kyoto · 古墳Browse Kyoto’s cultural heritage from the Kofun period (300 – 538). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
At the Watanuki Kannonyama Tumulus in Takasaki, Gunma, an unlooted 6th-century chamber held grave goods linked to Baekje and China, now a National Treasure.
Grave goods from the Amamiyayama Tomb in Takatsuki, Osaka, an Important Cultural Property since 2000: bronze mirrors, iron swords and strung glass beads.
A Tang hemp kesa at Enryakuji, said to have been brought from China by Saicho, a National Treasure since 1966 and a rare surviving example in hemp.
A Tang manuscript of the Book of Han, chapter 57 on poet Yang Xiong, at Kyoto National Museum. Taboo strokes and 948 reading marks trace ten centuries of study.
This Tang-dynasty scroll at the Kyoto National Museum preserves 172 lines of the Shishuo Xinshu, the world's oldest surviving manuscript of the Chinese classic.