An early chieftain's tomb at the western end of the isolated Inooka hill beside the Kizu River in Kyotanabe. Its wealth of stone bracelets bespeaks the ritual authority worn by southern Yamashiro's lords.
Finds & research
Pit-style chamber; bracelet-shaped stone objects (1 hoe-shaped stone, 4 wheel stones, 24 stone bracelets), 26 tubular beads and 4 magatama (partly in the Tokyo National Museum).
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
Part of the National Historic Site "Tsuzuki Kofun Group"; Inooka-Kurumazuka was added in 2022 (the group was first designated in 1974 as Osumi-Kurumazuka Kofun).
Archaeological view
A keyhole mound ~90m long (formerly measured 81m) — Kyotanabe's largest — built in the 4th century (Early Kofun period). A 1902 dig into its pit-style chamber yielded bracelet-shaped stone objects (one hoe-shaped stone, four wheel stones and 24 stone bracelets) along with 26 tubular beads and four magatama — some now in the Tokyo National Museum.
Field notes
On private land — no entry; view from outside amid the tea-field scenery.