SUGE no Asomaro who was a Dazai no Kanzukasa (Head Shinto Priest of Kyushu, stationed in Dazaifu) deceitfully informed Dokyo that there was an oracle message from Usa-jingu Shrine of Buzen Province (present-day Oita Prefecture) that Dokyo be made emperor, which led Dokyo, who believed the oracle, to laying claim to the imperial throne.
大宰府の主神であった習宜阿曾麻呂は、偽って豊前国（大分県）の宇佐神宮より天皇の位を道鏡に譲れとの神託があったと道鏡に伝え、道鏡はこれを信じて皇位に就く志を抱く。