TACHIBANA no Kimiyori, Jusanmi chunagon (Junior Third Rank, Vice-Councilor of State), who was the fifth son of TACHIBANA no Hiromi, a descendant of the fifth generation from TACHIBANA no Moroe, went to Kyushu as Dazai no gon no sochi (Provisional Governor-General of the Dazaifu [local government office in Kyushu region]).
橘諸兄の五代後の橘広相の五男、従三位中納言の橘公頼が大宰権帥として九州に下向した。