Kasuya Tonkura - Kasuya no Miyake

Japanese: 糟屋屯倉 - かすやのみやけ

A shrine appears in the December entry for the 22nd year of the Emperor Keitai era (528) in the Nihon Shoki. According to it, in 527, Tsukushi no kuni no miyatsuko Iwai rebelled, but was defeated by the generalissimo Mononobe no Arakahi in November 528. His son, Kazura no Kami, fearing that he would be implicated and executed as a result of his father's crimes, offered the shrine to atone for the death penalty. It is highly likely that the idea of an offering to atone for a crime was embellished from the perspective of the Wa government, and in reality it should be considered that the Wa government, having won the battle against Iwai, established the shrine in the eastern region of Tsukushi no Kimi's domain in order to suppress the remaining forces and strengthen its own rule.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

《日本書紀》継体22年(528)12月条にみえるみやけ。それによると，527年，筑紫国造磐井（いわい）が反乱をおこしたが，大将軍物部麁鹿火（あらかひ）によって528年11月に討伐された。その子の葛子が，父に連座して誅せられることをおそれて，死罪を贖うためにこのみやけを献上したという。贖罪のための献上というのは倭政権側の立場からの潤色の可能性が強く，現実には，磐井との戦いに勝利した倭政権が，残存勢力を押さえてみずからの支配を強化するために，筑紫君の支配領域内の東部地域に設定したものと考えるべきであろう。

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