Contents

Preface
Part One Captions
Foreword

Prologue　Overview of the Kofun Period

Part One Catalogue: Nonaka Kofun and the Tombs of Kawachi
Front Plates
1 Searching for the Five Kings of Wa
(1) Archaeology and the Era of the Five Kings of Wa　　　Tachibana Izumi and Kirii Riki
(2) The Excavation of Nonaka Kofun　　　Nakakubo Tatsuo
◆ Column 1 The Historical Significance of the Excavation of Nonaka Kofun　　　Hashimoto Tatsuya

2 Military Power as the Core of Politics: Weapons and Armor
(1) Armor　　　Miyoshi Yutaro
◆ Column 2 Armor: Terminology　　　Suzuki Kazunao
(2) Iron swords and spears　　　Joseph Ryan
(3) Iron arrowheads　　　Miyoshi Yutaro

3 Technological Innovation and Mortuary Ritual
(1) New tools and the age of major land development　　　Takeuchi Yuki
(2) Interactions within East Asia as seen through pottery　　　Saeki Ikuno, Kirii Riki, and Nakakubo Tatsuo
(3) Kofun rituals, haniwa, and stone objects　　　Tachibana Izumi and Ueda Naoya

4 The Formation and Development of the Furuichi Kofun Group
(1) Prelude to the Furuichi Kofun Group Ueda Naoya
(2) Hakayama Kofun, Konda-gobyoyama Kofun, and their satellite tombs Tachibana Izumi and Joseph Ryan
(3) East Asia and the Furuichi-Mozu Kofun Group Nakakubo Tatsuo
◆ Column 3 Satellite Tombs Nakakubo Tatsuo


Part Two Contributions: Issues Surrounding Nonaka Kofun
The Establishment of the Furuichi Kofun Group　　　Fukunaga Shin’ya
The Mass Burial of Armor at Nonaka Kofun and the Arming of the Wa Government　　　Hashimoto Tatsuya
The Construction Period of Nonaka Kofun and a Study of Satellite Tombs　　　Suzuki Kazunao
Issues Surrounding Collared Cuirasses　　　Sakaguchi Hideki
A Comparative Analysis of the Armor from Nonaka Kofun　　　Miyoshi Yutaro and Takeuchi Yuki
The Pottery of Nonaka Kofun and its Significance　　　Nakakubo Tatsuo
The Representational Haniwa of Nonaka Kofun Tachibana Izumi
The Identity of Those Buried in the Furuichi-Mozu Kofun Group　　　Takahashi Teruhiko
Conservation and Three-dimensional Display of Nonaka Kofun’s Iron Armor: A Three-dimensional Reconstruction of the Organic Helmets　　　Tsukamoto Toshio

Selected references
List of Contributors