Specific examples include mounds for man-made items such as ningyo-zuka (a doll tomb), hocho-zuka (a kitchen knife tomb), and dogu-zuka (a tool tomb); mounds for creatures such as kujira-zuka (a whale tomb) and uo-zuka (a fish tomb); and mounds for the people killed in war, disasters, or other accidents and the things belonging to them, for example moko-zuka (a tomb for Mongol warriors), kubi-zuka (a grave of the executed), and katana-zuka (a mound for Japanese swords).
具体的な例としては、人形塚・包丁塚・道具塚などの人工ものや、鯨塚や魚塚といった生き物、または、戦乱や災害や不幸や事件で無くなった人やその遺品の塚として、蒙古塚・首塚・刀塚などがる。