Prince Nagaya's designated tomb at Nashimoto, Heguri. The rear portion of the Nashimoto-minami No. 2 mound lies beneath the present grave (Heguri Town).
Finds & research
Paving and a surrounding ditch are known from the underlying Nashimoto-minami No. 2 mound.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
Managed by the IHA (designated 1901) as the tomb of Prince Nagaya, eldest son of Prince Takechi and Minister of the Left.
Attribution (jitei): the Imperial Household Agency's determination of whose tomb it manages — separate from heritage designation.
Archaeological view
The present round rise is about 15m across and 1.5m high and was designated in 1901. Beneath it lies the rear portion of the leveled early-6th-century keyhole mound Nashimoto-minami No. 2. Heguri Town states that its relationship to Prince Nagaya's tomb is unknown.
Field notes
About 10 minutes on foot from Kintetsu Heguri Station; as this is IHA-managed land, worship from the oratory. The IHA holds its annual Shoshinsai memorial rite here every March.