Mausoleum of Emperor Kogon, first of the Northern Court. Josho-ji, the Zen temple he founded, encloses the tomb in its grounds. Listed to complete coverage of every imperial reign (a medieval, non-Kofun tomb).
Finds & research
As a medieval imperial tomb, grave-goods and burial-facility concepts do not apply.
Two views on the occupant
Archaeological view
Not a Kofun-period tomb but a medieval imperial mausoleum of the Northern and Southern Courts era. Emperor Kogon of the Jimyoin line abdicated and took the tonsure after the fall of the Kamakura shogunate, spending his final years at Josho-ji in the Yamakuni estate of Tanba. Included under the policy of covering every reign's imperial mausoleum.
Imperial Household Agency view
Designated by the Imperial Household Agency as the mausoleum of Emperor Kogon (1313–1364), first sovereign of the Northern Court. It stands in the precincts of Josho-ji temple in Keihoku, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, which also holds the Nochi-no-Yamakuni Mausoleum of Emperor Go-Hanazono (id:565).
Field notes
Located within Josho-ji temple, close to the Nochi-no-Yamakuni Mausoleum (id:565).