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unavoidable. At length he slew Ihawi, and eventually subdued the frontier land.^[1]

(XVII. 21.) 12th month. Kuzu, Kimi of Tsukushi, fearing to be involved in his father's execution, offered to the Emperor the Granary^[2] of Kasuya, asking to be allowed to ransom his life.

A.D. 529. 23rd year, Spring, 3rd month. The King of Pèkché addressed Oshiyama, Hodzumi no Omi, Governor of Lower Tari, saying:—"Now our tribute envoys have always to avoid the headlands and expose themselves to the winds and waves. In consequence of this the goods they bear become wet and wholly spoiled and unsightly. I pray that thou wilt make the Port of Tasa in Kara the crossing route by which to send thy servant's tribute." Oshiyama no Omi made application to the Emperor accordingly.

This month Kasone, Mononobe no Ise no Muraji, Kishi no Okina,^[3] and others were sent to make over the Port to the King of Pèkché. Hereupon the King of Kara spoke to the Imperial Envoys, saying:—"This Port ever since the establishment of the (Japanese) Government House has been the port of passage for your servant's tribute. How can you without grave reason change this state of things and grant it to a neighbouring country, contrary to the original definitive enfeoffment of this territory?" The Imperial Envoy Kasone and his colleagues were accordingly unable to make the grant

↑ According to the "Tsukushi Fudoki," the tomb of Ihawi was, at the time of writing, to be seen two ri to the south of Kami-tsuma no agata. "The height of the mound was seven rods (of ten feet, no doubt measured along the slope), and its circuit six rods (something wrong here). The ground belonging to the tomb was sixty rods from north to south, and forty from east to west. (This looks like a double mound.) On all four sides there are sixty stone men, with stone shields, arrayed against each other in order of battle. At the north-east corner there is a separate plot of ground, called the kitchen. In this there is one stone man, in a standing position, who is called 'the carver,' and in front of him a naked figure prostrate on the ground, called 'the thief.' On the side there are four stone pigs, called 'the plunder.' In that place, moreover, there are three stone horses, three stone halls, and two stone warehouses. The oldest inhabitants say that Ihawi had this place constructed in his lifetime."

Some of these remains are still in existence, and I rather think that it is one of the stone figures which is now in the Uyeno Museum at Tokio.
↑ Miyake.
↑ Kishi was originally a Corean rank; Okina means old man.

[1] According to the "Tsukushi Fudoki," the tomb of Ihawi was, at the time of writing, to be seen two ri to the south of Kami-tsuma no agata. "The height of the mound was seven rods (of ten feet, no doubt measured along the slope), and its circuit six rods (something wrong here). The ground belonging to the tomb was sixty rods from north to south, and forty from east to west. (This looks like a double mound.) On all four sides there are sixty stone men, with stone shields, arrayed against each other in order of battle. At the north-east corner there is a separate plot of ground, called the kitchen. In this there is one stone man, in a standing position, who is called 'the carver,' and in front of him a naked figure prostrate on the ground, called 'the thief.' On the side there are four stone pigs, called 'the plunder.' In that place, moreover, there are three stone horses, three stone halls, and two stone warehouses. The oldest inhabitants say that Ihawi had this place constructed in his lifetime."

Some of these remains are still in existence, and I rather think that it is one of the stone figures which is now in the Uyeno Museum at Tokio.

[2] Miyake.

[3] Kishi was originally a Corean rank; Okina means old man.

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