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Special Historical Site 7th century
Sakurai-shi,Abe, Kanakura
The walls of the stone crypt are constructed of cut stones neatly emplaced in layers, each showing a different interface alignment. In three places, special pains were taken to give the impression that two stones were used when in reality a single stone was divided in the center by a vertical indentation to give the appearance of an interface. The ceiling is constructed of a single slab of stone, and the inner walls were designed to taper slightly inward toward the top. Influences from Korean kofun are evidenced in the overall structure, the method of stone emplacement and the relatively small difference in height between the burial chamber and entrance corridor. This tomb seems likely to have been built for a prominent personage of the Abe clan.
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