A common perception in Japan is that the envoy who carried an official letter to the Sui Dynasty was ONO no Imoko; the letter is known to include the wording of "the Imperial Prince of the land of the rising sun according to Suishu (the Book of the Sui Dynasty).
日本の通説では『隋書』が記録する「」の文言で知られる国書を携えた使者は小野妹子とされる。