There is also another opinion that they are the tombs of the Japanese lords who were sent from Japan as provincial governors such as Hozumi no Omi Oshiyama (as mentioned in the chapter covering 512 of "Nihon Shoki" (The Chronicles of Japan)).
また、この地方の国守として倭より派遣されていたとされる穂積臣押山（ほづみのおみおしやま。『日本書紀』継体六(512)年条に記述がある）のような倭人領主の墳墓と見る説もある。