首くび塚づか

noun

burial mound for severed heads

A historical term referring to a mound where severed heads, often from executions or battles, were buried. Commonly encountered in historical or cultural contexts.

• 京きょう都との首くび塚づかは、平へい家け物もの語がたりに登とう場じょうする場ば所しょとして知しられている。

  The Kubizuka in Kyoto is known as a place that appears in the Tale of the Heike.