KIFUMI no Otomo was on the way back from a city in Yamato as an envoy on this day and when he met up with Makuta isn't reported in "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) but it is highly possible that he reported Prince Oama's act to the Otomo brothers.
黄書大伴はこの日に倭京（飛鳥の古都）に使者にたって戻るところで、どの時点で馬来田と会ったかは『日本書紀』に明記されないが、大伴兄弟に事を知らせた当人である可能性が高い。