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SAKAI, JAPAN—The Asahi Shimbun reports that a 1,500-year-old tachikazari, or standing ornament, has been found in Nisanzai Kofun, a keyhole-shaped burial mound built for a high-ranking figure in the late fifth century. The tachikazari would have been placed on top of a cloth parasol, or a figurine made of clay or wood. Such decorations were marks of status and authority. Five other objects discovered at the burial mound in 1976 and 2012 are now thought to be tachikazari.
