The "mansion hill" of Minami-Fujii, reused for the Fuse clan's medieval residence (yakata) and an Edo-period jinya, now beloved as Yashikiyama Park.
Finds & research
A pit-chamber ceiling stone and a Tatsuyama-stone chest-shaped sarcophagus (museum).
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
National Historic Site (1972).
Archaeological view
A keyhole mound 135m+ long — the largest in Katsuragi — built in the mid-5th century. A ceiling stone of its pit chamber and its Tatsuyama-stone chest-shaped sarcophagus (displayed at the city museum) survive. Katsuragi City notes that Tatsuyama stone is thought to have been available only to great kings and other powerful figures, suggesting the occupant was a powerful ruler of the Katsuragi area, and considers that a person connected with the ancient Katsuragi clan was buried here.
Field notes
Open as Yashikiyama Park (9:00–17:00), ~20 min on foot from Kintetsu Shinjo Station; see the sarcophagus at the city museum.