Tsuki no wa no misasagi


Tsuki no wa no misasagi is the name of a mausoleum in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto used by successive generations of the Japanese Imperial Family. The tomb is situated in Sennyū-ji, a Buddhist temple founded in the early Heian period, which was the hereditary temple or of the Imperial Family.

Notable interments

[Kamakura period]

Edo period

The Imperial Household Agency maintains Tsuki no wa no misasagi as the place of enshrinement and the venue for veneration of several Edo period emperors.
In addition, this is the official misasagi for Prince Masahito, posthumously named Yōkwōin daijō-tennō, who was the eldest son of Emperor Ōgimachi and the father of Emperor Go-Yōzei.
Two other Edo Period emperors are also enshrined at and the last Edo Period emperor is enshrined at in form of kofun. The final resting places of two Empress Dowagers are also found in this Imperial tomb complex.