This meant that the emperor was requested to appoint Motonari MORI (OE) to a post similar to that of his ancestor Mitsufusa MORI, following the precedent in which Emperor Shoko appointed Mitsufusa as Uma no Kami (Captain of the Right Division of the Bureau of Horses) to the rank of the Junior Fifth, Lower Grade.
これは毛利（大江）元就をその祖先である毛利光房が称光天皇より従五位下右馬頭に任命された故事に倣って同様の任命を行うようにという趣旨であった。