This thinking is largely accepted among who identify Himiko as Amaterasu, and this identification leads to a hypothesis to explain the historical incident of Iwato-gakure by the total eclipse of the sun, which happened around the death of Himiko.
卑弥呼をアマテラスに比定する場合に多くみられ、卑弥呼没年前後の皆既日食によって岩戸隠れの故事を説明しようとする説である。