However, Yutaka TSUCHIHASHI says Hashihaka (Chopsticks--called hashi in Japanese--Tomb) came from Hajihaka, or the tomb of the Haji clan, which is the group that made the kofun, because there is a large gap between the period in which chopsticks were introduced into Japan (possibly the seventh century) and that in which the tale was devised.
なお、箸が日本に伝来した時期（7世紀？）と説話の作成された時期とに大きなズレがあるところから、古墳を作成した集団である土師氏の墓、つまり土師墓から箸墓になった？という土橋寛の説もある。