According to the Keiko-ki (the chapter of Emperor Keiko) of the Nihonshoki (Chronicle of Japan), on February 23, 73, Emperor Keiko was scheduled to pay a visit to Kinokuni (present Wakayama Prefecture), to undertake a religious ceremony for gods of heaven and earth, however, as a result of a fortune-telling that did not predict him a good divination, the Emperor delegated him (Yanushioshiotakeogokoro no mikoto) to go to Kinokuni.
日本書紀景行紀によると景行天皇3年2月1日に、景行天皇が紀の国に行幸し、神祇を祀ろうとしたが、占いによると吉と出なかったため、命が天皇より紀の国に派遣された。