Chibusan Tumulus (チブサン・オブサン古墳) チブサン・オブサン古墳
6th-century tumulus with two painted circles like breasts; the entrance is 80 cm high.
It is a keyhole-shaped tumulus (前方後円墳), 44 metres long according to the national database of cultural properties, built in the 6th century. In the round part is the stone burial chamber, with two rooms, and the painted sarcophagus is in the second; the city considers it one of the best-preserved decorated tumuli in Japan. A kofun is a burial mound of Japanese chiefs, built between the 4th and the 7th century. Since 12 October 1922 it has been a National Historic Site (史跡); on 28 January 1999 the nearby Obusan was added, a round tumulus 22 metres in diameter built in the second half of the 6th century, and the official name became ‘Chibusan-Obusan’.
Kumamoto
