A keyhole mound in Sakicho, Nara, among the imperial tombs of the Saki group, that is not designated as an imperial mausoleum. Nara City describes it as a medium-sized keyhole mound of around 100m.
Finds & research
Three koto-bridge-shaped stone objects (one a fragment, of serpentinite) from the mound are held by the IHA Archives and Mausolea Department.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
National Historic Site (1971).
Archaeological view
Nara City gives the mound length as 96m, while the Agency for Cultural Affairs designation text gives about 85m. Stone facing and haniwa have been identified on this keyhole mound; Nara City dates it to the end of the 4th to the beginning of the 5th century.
Field notes
According to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, it lies about 120m east of the Saki-no-Terama Mausoleum of Hibasu-hime (Saki-Misasagiyama Kofun)↗.