This village was located on the south side of the mausoleum of Emperor Jinmu, just around the area overlooking the mausoleum, and it was a discriminated community which was said to be a hamlet for Shuko, so-called grave keepers, of this mausoleum, with approximately 120 households as of 1854 and over 200 households as of 1920.
この村は、神武陵の南手、ちょうど同陵を見下ろす場所に位置する、嘉永7年（1854年）の時点でおよそ120戸、大正9年（1920年）の時点でおよそ200戸を数えた、同陵墓の守戸―いわゆる墓守の集落と伝わる村で、被差別部落であった。