In March, MONONOBE no Moriya and NAKATOMI no Katsumi suggested to Emperor Bidatsu that the epidemic was caused by the worship of foreign gods, which led the emperor to declare that Buddhism should be abandoned.
3月、排仏派の物部守屋と中臣勝海が「蕃神を信奉したために疫病が起きた」と奏上し、敏達天皇は仏法を止めるよう詔した。