House-shaped clay figures found from tumulus in western Japan

The education board of Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, displays on April 20, 2015, a row of five house-shaped clay figures, discovered in the Kotachi tumulus in the western Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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