The tomb is a stone monument built to enshrine the decapitated head of Taira no Masakado, one of a powerful family in the mid-Heian period.
He has anecdote that his head, exposed in Heian-kyo, flew back to his hometown in the east due to his grudge, and fell on the land along the way. One of the places where the head fell is here, "Masakado's tomb".

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