A square mound with a large horizontal chamber and house-shaped sarcophagus. Its scale and date have prompted an Emperor Sushun hypothesis.
Finds & research
The chamber had already been looted, and the grave goods were dispersed and remain unknown. A carved house-shaped sarcophagus made of tuff from the Mount Nijo area survives in the burial room.
Two views on the occupant
Archaeological view
A square mound about 50m on a side at Kurahashi, Sakurai, designated a National Historic Site. Its approximately 15m horizontal chamber contains one carved house-shaped sarcophagus. Chamber and coffin forms date it to around the end of the 6th century.
Imperial Household Agency view
This is not an Imperial Household Agency mausoleum. It is separate from Kurahashi-no-Oka Mausoleum, which the IHA designates for Emperor Sushun. A hypothesis identifies this mound as his actual tomb, but it is unproven.
Field notes
Access to the chamber may change. Follow Sakurai City guidance and all historic-site conservation instructions.