Imperial Household Agency: Tomb of Prince Uji-no-Wakiiratsuko
Also known as: Todo-Maruyama Kofun
Location
Uji, Kyoto
Shape
Shape unknown
Designation
IHA-managed tomb
IHA designation
Managed by the IHA (mound closed to the public)
Overview
The designated tomb of Prince Uji-no-Wakiiratsuko at Todo Maruyama, Uji. Its neat present keyhole outline includes modern mausoleum landscaping, while the original feature remains unresolved.
Finds & research
The original burial facility is unknown in the public record. The IHA Archives and Mausolea Department reports that many "earthenware" items are known to have come from the front part during the 1890 works, but their details and later whereabouts are unclear.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
Managed by the IHA as the Uji Tomb of Prince Uji-no-Wakiiratsuko, son of Emperor Ojin.
Attribution (jitei): the Imperial Household Agency's determination of whose tomb it manages — separate from heritage designation.
Archaeological view
A pre-mausoleum rise called Maruyama is documented, but its original form, size, date, burial facility, and finds are not established in the public evidence. Uji City reports that a rise called Maruyama existed before the mausoleum was built, but construction greatly altered it and its original form is difficult to reconstruct. The IHA Archives and Mausolea Department, by contrast, describes the present mound as a keyhole tomb about 80m long and records that its keyhole shape was "clearly preserved" at designation in 1889, while also noting that the moat was dug and the front part enlarged the following year.