Motohiko IZAWA, on the other hand, argues that Prince Anahobe was originally buried in the tumulus and the Emperor Sushun, his younger maternal half-brother, joined later, based on the burial goods and the burial status.
一方、井沢元彦は副葬品や埋葬の様子から｢元々穴穂部皇子の陵墓であった所に同母弟崇峻天皇が合葬された｣との説を主張している。