As a plague broke out when pro-Buddhist SOGA no Umako built a temple to enshrine Buddha statue, MONONOBE no Moriya tried to convince the Emperor to impose prohibition of Buddhism and orderd to burn the Buddha statue and the Buddhist sanctum.
崇仏派の蘇我馬子が寺を建て、仏を祭るとちょうど疫病が発生したため、585年に物部守屋が天皇に働きかけ、仏教禁止令を出させ、仏像と仏殿を燃やさせた。