Decorated kofun

Decorated kofun is the term used for kofun or ancient Japanese tombs ornamented with painted or carved decoration. The tombs take the form of tumuli or earthen mounds piled over stone chambers as well as caves excavated from the living rock. The decoration may be on the inner walls, on stone screens, on sarcophagi or, in the case of cave tombs, around the entrance on the exterior. Of the 161,560 ancient burials identified to date, around two hundred and fifty are so decorated.

Motifs

Decorative motifs include the chokkomon, circles, concentric circles, triangles, human figures, horses, birds, boats, swords, shields, and quivers.

List of decorated kofun

This list is of the decorated kofun of ancient Japan, located in Fukuoka prefecture.

Image	Kofun	Municipality	Date	Tomb style	Decoration	Designation	Coordinates	Database	-
	Urayama kofun	Kurume	450-500	keyhole	incised concentric circles, chokkomon, kagitemon, triangles in a continuous pattern	Historic Site			-
	Nichirinji KofunNichirinji kofun	Kurume	475-525	keyhole	relief and incised concentric circles, chokkomon, kagitemon	Historic Site			-
	Yamanoshita kofun	Kurume		round	red; indistinct				-
	Shimobaba kofun	Kurume	575-600	round	red and blue concentric circles, triangles, and shields	Historic Site			-
	Tōkō-ji Kenzuka kofun	Fukuoka	525-575	keyhole	incised boats				-
	Sakurakyō nigō kofun	Munakata	550-600	keyhole	red and green triangles, in a continuous pattern	Historic Site			-
	Haburakan yokoana bogun	Nakama	575-650		incised boats				-
	Seto jūyongō yokoana	Nakama		; replica at the Nakama City Museum of History and Folklore	red boats, human figures, horses, and birds				-
	Doinouchi yokoana	Nakama			incised boats				-
	Furutsuki yokoana bogun	Kurate	550-650		whitened and incised indistinct grid pattern	Historic Site			-
	Takehara KofunTakehara kofun	Miyawaka	550-600	round	black and red human figure, horse, dragon, fans, boat, waves	Historic Site			-
	Ōzuka KofunŌzuka kofun	Keisen	525-575	keyhole	red, green, yellow and black circles, concentric circles, triangles, birds, circular patterns with twin feet, vegetal motifs, quivers, bows, swords, shields, riders	Special Historic Site			-
	Togami Kannonzuka kofun	Chikuzen	575-600	round	red circles, boats, riders				-
	Kitsunezuka kofun	Asakura	600-625	round	incised circles, concentric circles, boats, horses				-
	Miyajidake kofun	Asakura		round	red and blue circles				-
	Gorōyama KofunGorōyama kofun	Chikushino	550-600	round	red, black, and green quivers, bows, boats, houses, horses, birds, human figures, riders	Historic Site
	Haginoo KofunHaginoo kofun	Ōmuta	c.600	round	red and black; concentric circles, triangles, quivers, bows, boats	Historic Site			-