However Prince Oama had already departed and Makuta followed the prince with KIFUMI no Otomo and caught up with him on the same day at Aki in Toda (Uda-gun, Yamato Province).
しかし大海人皇子は去った後で、馬来田は黄書大伴とともに皇子を追い、その日のうちに莬田（大和国宇陀郡）の吾城で追いついた。