On April 2, 587, when the Emperor came back from the Niname Festival, held in Iware, due to his health condition and made his request to discuss among his retainers about his desire to worship Buddhism, Moriya and NAKATOMI no Katsumi disagreed strongly saying that one could not worship a God of a foreign country when one has his own.
用明天皇2年夏4月2日磐余河上の新嘗祭に病で帰った用明天皇が三宝を敬うことを検討するよう家臣にいったさい、中臣勝海連とともに国神に叛き他神を敬うことはできず聞いた事もないと反対したとある。