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7th century Asuka-mura, Hirata, Noguchi
These are, respectively, a chamber-like enclosure hollowed out of a granite boulder and a cut stone designed to be laid under it as a sort of foundation and floor. Originally these two stones were, as in the case of the stone crypt of the Goboyama Kofun in Yamato Koriyama-shi, placed together as a set and covered with earth. However, the tumulus was at some time destroyed. and the stone forming the chamber-like section came to rest in an up-turned position. In the course of time it came to be called the Oni no kawaya or Oni no setchin (both meaning "devil's privy"), while the floor stone came to be called the Oni no manaita ("devil's chopping board").
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