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*''Japanese'': 古墳時代 ''(kofun jidai)''

*''Japanese'': 古墳時代 ''(kofun jidai)''

The Kofun period extends from roughly 250 CE to roughly 550 CE, and is marked by the prevalence of large tomb-mounds or tumuli, called ''[[kofun]]'' in Japanese, in which royalty and other elites were buried. The Kofun period and the [[Asuka period]] ([[538]]-[[710]]) which follow it together comprise the [[Yamato period]], the period of time in which a centralized polity, the [[Yamato state]], first formed, developed, strengthened, and grew into the proto-Japanese state.

The Kofun period extends from roughly 250 CE to roughly 550 CE, and is marked by the prevalence of large tomb-mounds or tumuli, called ''[[kofun]]'' in Japanese, in which royalty and other elites were buried. The Kofun period and the [[Asuka period]] ([[538]]-[[710]]) which follow it together comprise the [[Yamato period]], the period of time in which the people of Japan were divided into a multitude of regional polities, organized loosely under "Great Kings" based in the [[Yamato plain]]. Over the course of the period, this [[Yamato state]] first emerged, developed into a hegemonic centralized polity, gained in strength, and eventually grew into the proto-Japanese state.

The largest ''kofun'' are found in the [[Kinai]] region (in and around [[Nara]], [[Kyoto]], and [[Osaka]]), but roughly 150,000 tomb-mounds of various sizes are strewn throughout most of the main three islands of the archipelago (excluding [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] and the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]])

The largest ''kofun'' are found in the [[Kinai]] region (in and around [[Nara]], [[Kyoto]], and [[Osaka]]), but roughly 150,000 tomb-mounds of various sizes are strewn throughout most of the main three islands of the archipelago (excluding [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] and the [[Ryukyu Islands|Ryûkyû Islands]])