A pre-road excavation in 1960 identified a 6.1m pit-style stone chamber. It is one of the Yanagimoto mounds within the Oyamato-Yanagimoto Kofun Group.
Finds & research
The chamber yielded part of a wooden coffin, 23 mirrors including inner-flower mirrors, and a large quantity of mercury vermilion.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
Designated a Nara Prefectural Historic Site on 31 March 2009.
Archaeological view
An approximately 103m keyhole mound at Yanagimoto, Tenri (113m in the Agency for Cultural Affairs' description of its Important Cultural Property finds), dating from the late 3rd to early 4th century (Early Kofun period). Its east side was lost to road construction.
Field notes
Follow the protected boundaries of the prefectural historic site and on-site signs.