What distinctive feature of the kofun period is the basis for its name?

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Stanley Chung

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28 December, 05:13

What distinctive feature of the kofun period is the basis for its name?

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Alma Gonzales · Answer 1

The word Kofun derived from the type of burial mounds that predicted to be originated from this era.

The most distinctive features of the burial mounds were unlike any others, the mounds from this particular period were key-shaped and associated with many imperial families.