Kofun
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Osaka Kofun Period
300 – 538
Grave goods from the Amamiyayama Tomb in Takatsuki, Osaka, an Important Cultural Property since 2000: bronze mirrors, iron swords and strung glass beads.
Excavated in 1848 beside Emperor Ojin's tomb, these dragon-patterned gilt bronze saddle fittings count among Japan's oldest horse trappings, shown Saturdays.
A ninth-century Tang manuscript of China's first dictionary survives in Osaka as a National Treasure. See its seal-script columns at the Kyou Shooku library.