about who were buried in these tombs such as nobility, aristocracy, warriors or mercenaries. Late Kofun period Keyhole-shaped kofun disappeared in the late 6th century AD, probably due to the drastic reformation in the Yamato court, where Nihon Shoki records the introduction of Buddhism during this era. UNESCO Kofun Group This list includes the "Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan", which was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 6 July 2019. Aerial photos See also William Gowland, a British engineer who made the first survey for Saki kofun group Ernest Satow, a British diplomat who wrote about kofun in Kozuke for the Asiatic Society of Japan Fukiishi, stones used to cover kofun Kofun system Notes References 飛鳥高松塚 (Takamatsuzuka, Asuka), 橿原考古学研究所編, 明日香村, 1972. 前方後円墳 (Keyhole-shaped kofun), 上田宏範, 学生社, 東京, 1969. 前方後円墳と古代日朝関係 (Keyhole-shaped kofun and diplomatic relations between ancient Japan and Korea), 朝鮮学会編, 東京, 同成社, 2002. External links Kofun - World History Encyclopedia Japanese Archaeology: Kofun Culture Decorated Kofun Database Comprehensive Database of Archaeological Site Reports in Japan, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Archaeology of death Asuka period Culture articles needing translation from Japanese Wikipedia Kofun period Mounds Nara period World Heritage Sites in Japan