(In the "Nihonshoki," the story is almost the same except for the following: the head of Kumaso was Kawakami no Takeru (川上梟帥) alone, and the lines spoken sound more subordinate to the Imperial family than the ones in the "Kojiki.")
（『日本書紀』では熊襲の首長が川上梟帥〈タケル〉一人とされている点と、台詞が『古事記』より、天皇家に従属的な点を除けば、ほぼ同じである。)