Association With Soga No Umako
The Ishibutai Kofun is inferred to be the tomb of Soga no Umako (551? - 626), and his death during the reign of Empress Suiko is recorded in the "Nihon shoki".
- Summer, 5th month, 20th day. The Oho-omi died. He was buried in the tomb at Momohama.
The historian and archeologist Sadakichi Kita (1871 - 1939) proposed that the Ishibutai Kofun is the above mentioned "Momohana" tomb in the 'Nihon shoki. Kita also proposed that the earthen mound of the Ishibutai Kofun was removed after Soga no Umako's death as a punishment of the Soga clan by the imperial government.
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