Imperial Household Agency: Tomb of Prince Kume (Hanyu-no-Okanoe-no-Haka)
Location
Habikino, Osaka
Shape
Square mound
Mound side
54 m
Period
Early 7th c.
Designation
IHA-managed tomb
IHA designation
Managed by the IHA (mound closed to the public)
Overview
A terminal-period mound at Habikino 3-chome in Habikino. The south bank is 16m wide, 2.5m high, and two-tiered, while the north bank reaches 38m wide and 3m high. Carefully selected soils and planned embankment work demonstrate engineering that anticipates large tombs of the Asuka period. Habikino City presents it separately from the Furuichi Kofun Group (late 4th to mid-6th century), as a terminal-period tomb.
Finds & research
A cut-stone horizontal stone chamber is known. Details of grave goods are unknown.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
The Imperial Household Agency designates and manages it as the Hanyu-no-Okanoe Tomb of Prince Kume.
Attribution (jitei): the Imperial Household Agency's determination of whose tomb it manages — separate from heritage designation.
Archaeological view
A large square mound 54m on a side, built in the first half of the 7th century and containing a cut-stone horizontal stone chamber. Investigations since fiscal 2005 showed that a massive bank surrounded the outside of the moat and that the mound, moat, and bank occupied an area about 130m square. Habikino City infers that the occupant is Prince Kume, who died in 603 (the 11th year of Empress Suiko) and was later buried on the hill of Hanyu in Kawachi.
Field notes
Because it is an Imperial Household Agency tomb, entry onto the mound is prohibited. Visitors viewing from outside must remain beyond the managed boundary.