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Japan’s ancient funerary haniwa statues tended to be large, but a recent find is overshadowing others, not only for its giant size, but also because it’s a rare wooden specimen.

The Legacy Of Emperor Ojin: Deified As Hachiman Tradition has it that Ojin’s grave is in Habikino not far from Osaka. The emperor’s grave is of a type known in Japanese as a “ kofun” meaning “old mound,” about 160000 of which have been identified around Japan. Ojin’s kofun is the second largest kofun in Japan, measuring 425 m (1394 ft) in length. The only other kofun larger than Ojin’s is the one belonging to Emperor Nintoku, his immediate successor, which is 486 m (1594 ft) in...