In September of the same year, Emperor Bidatsu died and at his funeral ceremony, Sakau read a eulogy, 'To prevent the devastation of the Imperial Court, I will serve as if I were a mirror which is purified to govern peacefully,' and gathered the Hayato (an ancient tribe in Kyushu) and guarded Mogarimiya.
同年8月、敏達天皇が崩御し殯宮で葬儀が行われたときに、逆は「朝廷を荒らさぬよう。鏡のように浄めて平らかに治まるよう臣は仕えます」と誄を読み、隼人を集めて殯庭を警護した。