Takatori, Nara Shape unknown IHA imperial tomb

Ochi-no-Okanoe Tomb

Imperial Household Agency: Tomb of Princess Ota
LocationTakatori, Nara
ShapeShape unknown
DesignationIHA-managed tomb
IHA designationManaged by the IHA (mound closed to the public)

Overview

Princess Ota's designated tomb in front of Empress Saimei's mausoleum at Kurumaki, Takatori. The mausolea list in a government written answer dates its designation to the Bunkyu era (1861–64).

Finds & research

The public sources consulted do not record a burial facility or finds for the designated tomb.

Official status & archaeological view

Official status
Managed by the IHA as the Ochi-no-Okanoe Tomb of Princess Ota, Emperor Tenji's daughter and consort of the future Emperor Tenmu (then Prince Oama), listed in the government's written answer on imperial tombs as "Consort of Emperor Tenmu, Princess Ota". It lies in front of Empress Saimei's mausoleum↗, matching the Nihon Shoki's "tomb before the mausoleum."
Attribution (jitei): the Imperial Household Agency's determination of whose tomb it manages — separate from heritage designation.
Archaeological view
Nara Prefecture's heritage database considers that Koshitsuka-Gomon Kofun in Asuka, together with Kengoshizuka, matches the Nihon Shoki's account of the Ochi-no-Okanoe Mausoleum and Princess Ota's tomb before it and is highly likely to correspond to that mausoleum; it is a separate site from the designated tomb.

Field notes

It is a tomb managed by the IHA; worship from the oratory.

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Sources

宮内庁書陵部 大田皇女墓実測図目録明日香村 牽牛子塚・越塚御門古墳整備基本計画奈良県 歴史文化資源データベース「いかす・なら」牽牛子塚古墳・越塚御門古墳衆議院 内閣衆質175第38号 答弁書(陵墓に治定されている古墳の祭祀に関する質問・陵墓一覧)

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