The site where Fushimi no Momoyama no Misasagi lies is where Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI once constructed the donjon of the Fushimi-jo Castle, and it is said to have been the will of the Emperor Meiji that the mausoleum should be made in Kyoto.
敷地は豊臣秀吉の築いた伏見城の本丸跡地で、京都に墓所が営まれたのは明治天皇の遺言によるものという。