It is sometimes called a 'brother' of Takamatsuzuka-kofun Tumulus due to the similarity between the two in that they are round tumuli and have mural paintings of Shijin (four gods said to rule over the four directions) and so on.
円墳であり、四神を描いた壁画があるなどの類似点から、高松塚古墳の「兄弟」といわれることがある。