In the end of June, 672 the year of Mizunoe-Saru (one of the Oriental Zodiac), Omi no miya Imperial Court which knew Prince Oama (Emperor Tenmu) had raised an army dispatched the envoys to many parts of the country and raised the army for its suppression.
壬申の年（672年）の6月下旬、大海人皇子（天武天皇）の挙兵を知った近江宮の朝廷は、各地に使者を派遣して鎮圧のための軍を興させた。