However, according to the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) the Emperor Kimmei died in 571, his funeral ritual was given in Furuichi, in Kawachi and he was buried in the Hinokumaskaairyou, but there is a theory that the Misemaruyama Kofun is not located in the Hinokuma district, and also in "Nihonshoki" it is recorded that the Kimmei Mausoleum was covered with stones and the ground level was raised, but there is no trace of fukiishi (a layer of stone covering the soil over a burial mound).
しかし『日本書紀』では、571年（欽明32）に没し、河内の古市で殯（もがり）がいとなまれ、檜隈坂合陵（ひのくまさかあいりょう）に葬られたとされているので欽明陵は桧隈の地にあることになっているが、見瀬丸山古墳は桧隈の地にあると言えないとの説があり、もうひとつ『日本書紀』には628年に欽明陵に石を葺き、盛り土をしたとの記録があるが、見瀬丸山古墳には石を葺いた形跡は見られない。