During this period, SOGA no Umako, who worshipped Buddhism, and MONONOBE no Moriya, who was against the introduction of Buddhism, fiercely clashed over the adoption of Buddhism.
この頃、仏教の受容を巡って崇仏派の蘇我馬子と排仏派の物部守屋とが激しく対立するようになっていた。