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By the Chronicles a brief account is given of a match between Nomi and Taema-no-Kuehaya. The latter was represented to be so strong that he could break horns and straighten hooks. His frequently expressed desire was to find a worthy competitor. Nomi-no-Sukune, summoned from Izumo by the Emperor, met Kuehaya in the lists of the palace of Tamaki and kicked him to death.
From this time forward take counsel to put a stop to the following of the dead." Nomi-no-Sukune, a court-noble now apotheosized as the patron of wrestlers then suggested the substitution of earthen images of men and horses for the living victims; and his suggestion was approved.
Nominally, the practice of compulsory junshi ceased from that date,* but voluntary junshi continued to find occasional observance until modern times. *Of course it is to be remembered that the dates given by Japanese historians prior to the fifth century A.D. are very apocryphal. The name of Nomi-no-Sukune is associated with the first mention of wrestling in Japanese history.
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