Although a Japanese literature/folklorist, Nobuo ORIKUCHI, also tried to specify the buried figure through his own research during the stay at his friends house located near the tumulus, he did not reach the conclusion; however, he was deeply moved by the villagers taking pride of the tumulus as he conducted hearing with them.
折口信夫も付近の友人宅に滞在し、村人の誇り高さに感銘を受けると共に、被葬者の推定を行っているが、結論は出していない。