Okachiyama Kofun

The mound was first called Okayama. When Osaka Castle fell in the summer campaign of Genna 1 (1615), Tokugawa Hidetada held a victory banquet here, and it came to be known as Okachiyama, the hill of victory. It is a keyhole-shaped tomb built in the first half of the fifth century, in the middle Kofun period, 112 m north to south, 55 m east to west and about 8 m high. The square front part is now a road, Katsuyama-dori, and Okachiyama Minami Park, so only the round rear part is left. In the city it ranks with Chausuyama Kofun in Tennoji-ku and Tezukayama Kofun in Sumiyoshi-ku as an important historic site. Okachiyama Minami Park also has a poem monument to Orikuchi Shinobu, poet, scholar of the Man'yoshu and doctor of literature.

Translated from the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City tourist listings (観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0).