From this standpoint, it is not clear why such a story was adopted by Kyuji (a record of old stories which served as a foundation of "Kojiki," etc.) but it is said that there was an intention that, by setting two Emperors Kenzo and Ninken, who were from Harima Province, as a historical precedent for Emperor Keitai who was from Echizen Province (or Omi Province), peculiarity of a candidate from a local area as a successor to the Imperial throne may be cast aside, which might bring a gap in the unbroken royal genealogy.
この立場にたった場合、なぜ、このような物語が旧辞に取り入れられたのかははっきりしないが、越前国（あるいは近江国）出身であった継体天皇の先例として播磨国出身の顕宗・仁賢2天皇を設定することにより、万世一系的な王統譜に断層をもたらしかねない地方出身の王位継承資格者の特異性を払拭する意図があったとも言われている。