Imperial Household Agency: Tomb of Hikoitsuse-no-Mikoto
Location
Wakayama
Shape
Shape unknown
Designation
IHA-managed tomb
IHA designation
Managed by the IHA (mound closed to the public)
Overview
The designated tomb of Hikoitsuse-no-Mikoto behind Kamayama Shrine in Wada, Wakayama. The mausolea list in a government written answer gives its archaeological name as the Kamayama Shrine Kofun and dates its designation to January 1876.
Official status & archaeological view
Official status
Managed by the IHA as the Kamayama Tomb of Hikoitsuse-no-Mikoto, elder brother of Emperor Jimmu.
Attribution (jitei): the Imperial Household Agency's determination of whose tomb it manages — separate from heritage designation.
Archaeological view
An IHA-designated tomb. A government written answer to the House of Representatives gives its archaeological name as Kamayama Shrine Kofun. The chronicles relate that Hikoitsuse-no-Mikoto died from a wound during the eastern expedition and was buried at Kamayama.