Ukyo-ku, Kyoto Square hall with gorinto pagoda IHA imperial tomb

Mausoleum of Emperor Go-Uda

Imperial Household Agency: Rengebuji-no-Misasagi
LocationUkyo-ku, Kyoto
ShapeSquare hall with gorinto pagoda
DesignationIHA-managed tomb
IHA designationManaged by the IHA (mound closed to the public)

Overview

An imperial mausoleum at Kitasaga Asaharayama-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, managed by the IHA as the tomb of Emperor Go-Uda, the 91st emperor.

Official status & archaeological view

Official status
Managed by the Imperial Household Agency as the mausoleum of Emperor Go-Uda, the 91st emperor; the official form is a square hall with a five-ring pagoda (hokeido and gorinto). The IHA Archives and Mausolea Department's catalogue of measured drawings of mausoleum stone pagodas lists the site as the Rengebuji Mausoleum of Emperor Go-Uda, the Rengebuji Mausoleum of Empress Kitsushi (consort of Emperor Kameyama), and the bone repositories (bunkotsusho) of Emperor Kameyama, Emperor Go-Nijo and Empress Reishi.
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 18 minutes on foot from Daikakuji bus stop; generally 08:30–17:00. Follow current IHA guidance and on-site signs. 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 Saga↗, Mausoleum of Emperor Montoku↗ and Mausoleum of Emperor Go-Kameyama↗.

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Sources

宮内庁 蓮華峯寺陵宮内庁 陵印について京都市歴史資料館 いしぶみデータベース 文徳帝陵東南二十五町【道標】宮内庁書陵部 書陵部紀要70号 陵墓石塔実測図目録(番号209 蓮華峯寺陵)宮内庁書陵部 書陵部所蔵資料目録 後宇多天皇 蓮華峯寺陵 亀山天皇皇后 佶子 蓮華峯寺陵 五輪塔 実測図

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