从中国看日本埼玉稻荷山古坟和埼玉古坟群

The Sakitama Inariyama Tumulus and the Sakitama Tumulus Group in Japan Seen from China

稻荷山古坟出土铁剑上发现的错金铭文,记述了剑的主人乎获居臣为倭国获加多支卤大王的"杖刀人首",辅佐倭国大王"治天下"。埼玉古坟群是在5～6世纪以稻荷山古坟为开端营建的,埋葬的应当是武藏地区的统治者。大和王权的支持,可能是武藏国的统治者们得以控制该地区的重要原因之一。

There is a gold-inlaid 115-character inscription on the iron sword unearthed from the Inariyama tumulus, the earliest tomb in the Sakitama tumulus group of Japan. It records that the sword-owner Owake no Omi was ＂杖刀人首＂ （maybe captain of the guard） of the Wo King Wakatakeru and assisted the ruler in ＂governing the land under heaven. ＂ The Sakitama tumulus group was built in the late fifth to the sixth centuries with the Inariyama tumulus as the initial structure. These large-sized square-front circular-back tumuli must be the burials of rulers of the Musashi area, i.e. the tombs of the members of the wealthy and influential family who, generation after generation, acted as the Wo king＇s ＂杖刀人首＂ and enjoyed backing from the Yamato royal power in their dominating the Musashi area. In other words, the support from the Yamato royal power may have been one of the important factors that enabled the rulers of the Musashi area to control this land.