Imperial Household Agency: Yamashina-no-Misasagi (Mausoleum of Emperor Tenji)
Location
Yamashina-ku, Kyoto
Shape
Round-on-square mound
Side of lower square tier
70 m
Period
Late 7th c.
Designation
IHA-managed tomb
IHA designation
Managed by the IHA (mound closed to the public)
Overview
Emperor Tenji's mausoleum in Yamashina, Kyoto. Its official lower square is about 70m per side, and its upper mound is inferred archaeologically to be octagonal.
Finds & research
Burial facilities and grave goods remain unknown under mausoleum management.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
Managed by the IHA as the Yamashina Mausoleum of Emperor Tenji, the 38th emperor; the official form is upper-round/lower-square.
Attribution (jitei): the Imperial Household Agency's determination of whose tomb it manages — separate from heritage designation.
Archaeological view
Kyoto City documentation estimates a lower square about 70m per side and an upper section about 40m in diameter and 8m high, reconstructed as a truncated octagonal pyramid.
Field notes
Per the IHA, it is about a 12-minute walk from Misasagi Station (Kyoto Municipal Subway/Keihan), and worship is generally possible year-round from 8:30 to 17:00. The goryoin (mausoleum seal) is kept at the Tsukinowa Mausolea Office in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, where visitors can use it free of charge (reception 8:30–17:00; staff may be unavailable on weekends, holidays, 29 Dec–3 Jan and some other days).