Because of this, Makuta left the capital under the pretense of illness before the Jinshin War and stayed at home in Yamato (Yamato Province) with his brother, OTOMO no Fukei.
そのため壬申の乱の前に馬来田は病気を称して都から退き、弟の大伴吹負とともに倭（大和国）の自宅にいた。