In light of the above, in December 1880, Sugaomi OSAWA and Nagaoki OHASHI, government officials of the Department of the Imperial Household (the present Imperial Household Agency) wrote 'A Study of the Location of the Hinokuma no Ouchi no Misasagi Mausoleum of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jito' ("Kobunroku" (Compiled Records of the Grand Council of State) owned by the National Archives of Japan).
それをうけて、同年12月、宮内省官吏である大沢清臣（おおさわすがおみ）と大橋長憙（おおはしながおき）が、「天武天皇持統天皇檜隈大内陵所在考」（『公文録』国立公文書館所蔵）を著したのである。