Also known as: Ochi-no-Okanoe Mausoleum (Empress Saimei)
Location
Nara Pref.
Shape
Round tumulus
Mound length
45 m
IHA designation
IHA-managed (no public entry)
Two views on the occupant
Imperial Household Agency view
Managed by the IHA as the Ochi-no-Okanoe Mausoleum of Empress Saimei (with Princess Hashihito co-buried). Archaeologists favor Kengoshizuka Kofun (id:266) as her true tomb and Koshitsuka-Gomon (id:664) as Princess Ota's — a textbook case of designation versus scholarship. Worship from the oratory.