Recent Research
The Imperial Household Agency attributes 740 kofun to ancient, imperial-family members and their relatives, although the accuracy of the attributions has been disputed. These kofun are not open to the public, which includes archaeologists. For many years, academic societies have repeatedly petitioned for archaeological surveys of kofun, and, in March 2008, the agency permitted limited investigation of Gosashi Kofun, which is attributed to Empress Jingū.
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