However, it is believed that Sashiba was regarded as a symbol of power or used for showing person's dignity in Chinese aristocratic society, while it was used as a tool for showing the dignified appearance in the ritual ceremony at tumulus in Japan, according to the picture and sentences left on the wall paintings.
中国貴族社会では権威の象徴あるいは威儀具、日本では古墳壁画の図文から、主に古墳祭祀にかかわる威儀行列の道具として用いられたとされている。