Imperial Household Agency: Mausoleum of Emperor Go-Fukakusa and others (joint mausoleum of 10 emperors)
Location
Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Shape
Square hall
Designation
IHA-managed tomb
IHA designation
Managed by the IHA (mound closed to the public)
Overview
An imperial mausoleum managed by the Imperial Household Agency as the tomb of Emperor Go-Fukakusa, the 89th emperor, and nine other emperors. It stands at Fukakusa Bocho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto. A 2018 Kyoto City excavation report states that after the temple Anrakugyoin on this site was abolished in 1894, the land was placed under IHA management as the "Mausoleum of the Twelve Emperors at Fukakusa"; the IHA guidance lists ten emperors in all.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
Managed by the Imperial Household Agency as the mausoleum of Emperor Go-Fukakusa, the 89th emperor, and nine other emperors (ten in all); the official form is a square hall (hokeido).
Attribution (jitei): the Imperial Household Agency's determination of whose tomb it manages — separate from heritage designation.
Archaeological view
The IHA visitor page does not give its archaeological size, construction date, or burial structure.
Field notes
About 13 minutes on foot from Keihan Fujinomori Station; generally 08:30–17:00. Follow current IHA guidance and on-site signs. According to the IHA, the mausolea of ten emperors (Go-Fukakusa, Fushimi, Go-Fushimi, Go-Komatsu, Shoko, Go-Tsuchimikado, Go-Kashiwabara, Go-Nara, Ogimachi and Go-Yozei) share this site. The goryoin (mausoleum seal) is kept at the Momoyama Mausolea Office in Fushimi-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). Nearby imperial mausolea: Mausoleum of Emperor Ninmyo↗, Mausoleum of Emperor Chukyo↗, Tsukinowa Imperial Mausoleum (Mausoleum of Emperor Shijo and others)↗ and Mausoleum of Emperor Komei↗.