Soon, he started searching for the person by dispatching envoys to various places, and on the first Day of Uma (the horse, the seventh sign of Chinese zodiac) of February 711, HATA no Iroko (or, Irogu) appeared seated.
早速方々へ使者を遣わして探し求めたことにより、和銅4年（711年）2月(旧暦)初午の日に秦（はたの）伊呂巨（具）（いろこ（ぐ））が鎮座した。