A small knoll near Tofukuji in Higashiyama, Kyoto — a reference site embodying the mismatch between a medieval imperial designation and a kofun-period reality, standing quietly behind a wall in the city.
Two views on the occupant
Imperial Household Agency view
Managed by the IHA as the Higashiyama-Honmachi reference site, with Emperor Chukyo — deposed after 78 days — as candidate. A corridor-type chamber is reported, marking it as a late-kofun-period mound irreconcilable with a 13th-century sovereign, whose official tomb lies elsewhere. The knoll is glimpsed over the wall on Honmachi street near Tofukuji Station.