Kofun period
古墳時代
Movement · period · 300–710
Dates. Named after its burial mounds (kofun); it begins in the 3rd century with the appearance of the great keyhole-shaped tombs1. Its end depends on which tombs count: the late 6th century, when keyhole-shaped tombs ceased to be built (Nabunken, Kyoto); the 7th century, to include the smaller “terminal” tombs built on into the Asuka period (Tokyo, Nara)2; or 710 (Mason), letting the archaeological period run on through the Asuka and Hakuhō periods until the move to Heijō-kyō3. Wikipedia, 古墳時代, 「前方後円墳の出現を特徴とし…」. ↩ Nabunken 2022, pp. 29–31, und Wikipedia, 終末期古墳, 「6世紀末には前方後円墳築造の時代が終焉を迎える…」. ↩ Mason 2005, p. 10. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005. Nabunken 2022: Daniel Borengasser u. a., 付録：時代区分－西暦対応表, in: 英文スタイル・マニュアル：基礎編 / Style Manual for English Texts: General Conventions, 奈良文化財研究所 (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) 2022, S. 29–31. Wikipedia, 古墳時代: Anon., 古墳時代, in: ウィキペディア日本語版, https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E5%A2%B3%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3 (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026). Wikipedia, 終末期古墳: Anon., 終末期古墳, in: ウィキペディア日本語版, https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%82%E6%9C%AB%E6%9C%9F%E5%8F%A4%E5%A2%B3 (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026).