When his empress Hibasuhime no mikoto passed away in 3 A.D., by the advise of Nomi no Sukune, the Emperor ordered Haniwa (a clay figure artifact) of people, horses, and so on to be placed in the grave as the substitute for junshi, and since then, it this became the usual practice (the origin of Haniwa).
同32年に皇后の日葉酢媛命（ひばすひめのみこと）が薨去した際、天皇は野見宿禰の進言に従って人・馬などの土物（はにもの）を墓に立てて代替とすることを命じ、以後これが慣例になったという（埴輪の起源譚）。