Yoshimoto said to the kuge who were reluctant about the ascension of a new emperor without the Sacred Treasures, 'Takauji will be the Kusanagi no tsurugi (sword) and Yoshimoto will be the ji (seal).'
良基は神器なしの新天皇即位に躊躇する公家に対して「尊氏が剣（草薙剣）となり、良基が璽（八尺瓊勾玉）となる。