| It is also assumed from an iron sword with gold-inlaid inscriptions excavated from the Inariyama-kofun Tumulus in Saitama Prefecture that there was a custom in the Tumulus period in which young people of local ruling families went to Yamato Province to serve Yamato Okimi. |
埼玉県稲荷山古墳出土の金錯銘鉄剣銘文からも、古墳時代当時、地方の豪族の子弟らが若い頃にヤマトへ行き、大王に奉仕する慣習があったのではないかと推測されている。 |