On the other hand, there is a tradition that it was Genbo's Kubi-zuka (burial mound for heads) since "Shichidaiji Junrei Shiki" (Private Journal of a Pilgrimage to the Seven Great Temples) in the Heian period.
一方で、平安時代の『七大寺巡礼私記』以来の、玄ボウの首塚である、という伝承もある。