A terminal-period tomb with stone paving and drainage around the mound. It is reconstructed as hexagonal. Proposed occupants include a son of Emperor Tenmu, among other views (Asuka Village).
Finds & research
Finds include coffin fragments described as dry-lacquer (Asuka Village's designated-property page) or as lacquered wood (the village's excavation account and the Nara National Research Institute's exhibit list), gilt-bronze six-petalled fittings, and human remains. Looting is thought to have occurred in the medieval period.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
It was designated a National Historic Site on 16 January 1982.
Archaeological view
A polygonal mound at Mayumi, Asuka, about 24m on the diagonal and 4.5m high. Dated to the late to end of the 7th century (Asuka Village) or the end of the 7th to the beginning of the 8th century (Agency for Cultural Affairs), it has a side-entry chamber of dressed tuff whose interior was plastered. Asuka Village notes that proposed occupants include a son of Emperor Tenmu, among other theories.
Field notes
Follow current Asuka Village guidance and on-site signs when visiting.