The soldier who found the poem in the morning could not understand its meaning, and only Emperor Godaigo understood it when he asked what was going on as it was noisy outside.
因みに、朝になってこの桜の木に彫られた漢詩を発見した兵士は何と書いてあるのか解せず、外が騒々しい為に何事か仔細を聞いた後醍醐天皇のみこの漢詩の意味が理解できたという。