It is called Emperor Gohanazono's cremation mound (a burial mound wherer cremated remains are stored) and it exists in the same Ward, this cremation mound is known for the most accurate historical information in the study of the Imperial Mausoleums and cremation mounds of the early modern ages that exist in Kyoto Prefecture.
尚、同区に現存する後花園天皇の火葬塚は、京都府内における近世以前の皇室の陵墓・火葬塚の中で、学術上最も確実なものの一つであるといわれる。