When the prince decided to take up arms and departed Yoshino no miya toward the east on July 27, his followers were only his wife, children, two dozen vassals and more than a dozen court ladies.
6月24日に皇子が挙兵を決断して吉野宮を去り、東に向かったとき、付き従う者はその妻子と舎人ら20数名、女官10数名しかいなかった。