Misasagi

Misasagi

Misasagi (陵) is a term for tombs (usually kofun tombs) of the Emperors and Imperial Family up until 701AD.¹

The name of misasagi for Emperors are shown below.

Legendary Period

• • [2] Emperor Suizei – Tsukidaoka – 桃花鳥田丘上陵.
    • • The location of this tomb is unknown, but it is said to have been close to Emperor Jimmu’s.²
  • [3] Emperor Annei – Unebiyama – 畝傍山西南御陰井上陵
    • • Said to be located on the slopes of Mount Unebi.²
  • [4] Emperor Itoku – Manago-dani – 畝傍山南纖沙溪上陵
    • Said to be located on the slopes of Mount Unebi.²
  • [5] Emperor Kōshō – Waki no Kami – 掖上博多山上陵
    • Said to be located on the slopes of Hakatayama.²
  • [6] Emperor Kōan – Tamade – 玉手丘上陵.²
  • [7] Emperor Kōrei – Mumazaka – 片丘馬坂陵²
  • [8] Emperor Kōgen – Tsurugi Lake – 劔池嶋上陵
    • A pond built during Emperor Ōjin‘s reign, now in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture.²
  • [9] Emperor Kaika – Isakaha in Kasuga – 春日率川坂上陵
    • The nihongi alternatively says it is called Sakamoto Misasagi.³
  • [10] Emperor Sujin – Magarinooka in Isonokami – 山邊道勾岡上陵²
  • [11] Emperor Suinin – Fushimi, Sugahara – 菅原伏見東陵³
    • The kojiki alternatively says Mitachi, Sugahara.²
  • [11] Empress Hibasuhime – Terama, Saki.²³
  • [13] Emperor Seimu – Saki no Tatanami – 狭城盾列池後陵.²

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
2. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
3. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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