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, all of which are located in Fukuoka prefecture.| Image | Kofun | Municipality | Date | Tomb style | Decoration | Designation | Coordinates | Database |
| Urayama KofunUrayama 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 KofunYamanoshita kofun | Kurume | round | red; indistinct | |||||
| Shimobaba KofunShimobaba kofun | Kurume | 575-600 | round | red and blue concentric circles, triangles, and shields | Historic Site | |||
| Tōkō-ji Kenzuka KofunTōkō-ji Kenzuka kofun | Fukuoka | 525-575 | keyhole | incised boats | ||||
| Sakurakyō Kofun 2Sakurakyō nigō kofun | Munakata | 550-600 | keyhole | red and green triangles, in a continuous pattern | Historic Site | |||
| Haburakan Cave Tomb ClusterHaburakan yokoana bogun | Nakama | 575-650 | cave | incised boats | ||||
| Seto Cave 14Seto jūyongō yokoana | Nakama | cave; replica at the Nakama City Museum of History and Folklore | red boats, human figures, horses, and birds | |||||
| Doinouchi CaveDoinouchi yokoana | Nakama | cave | incised boats | |||||
| Furutsuki Cave Tomb Cluster Furutsuki yokoana bogun | Kurate | 550-650 | cave | 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 KofunTogami Kannonzuka kofun | Chikuzen | 575-600 | round | red circles, boats, riders | ||||
| Kitsunezuka KofunKitsunezuka kofun | Asakura | 600-625 | round | incised circles, concentric circles, boats, horses | ||||
| Miyajidake KofunMiyajidake 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 |