八はっ角かく墳ふん

noun

octagonal burial mound

Historical term for an octagonal-shaped burial mound built during the Kofun period (ca. 3rd–7th century).

• 八はっ角かく墳ふんは古こ墳ふん時じ代だい後こう期きの有ゆう力りょく者しゃの墓はかと考かんがえられている。

  Octagonal burial mounds are thought to be the tombs of powerful figures from the late Kofun period.