In the same chapter in Nihonshoki (the Chronicle of Japan), he boarded Inashihagi on Kumano no Morotafune Boat, and under another name he was dispatched via Amenohato-bune Boat to hear from Kotoshiro nushi (a Japanese ancient god) (by Morotabune-shinji ritual of Miho-jinja Shrine).
日本書紀の同段では、事代主の意見をきくために稲背脛を熊野諸手船、またの名を天鳩船という船に乗せて遣わしている（美保神社の諸手船神事の元である）。