Empress Shotoku was requested to dispatch Hokin (WAKE no Hiromushi, a court lady who was working for Empress Shotoku) from Usa Hachiman-gu Shrine; instead, the Empress sent WAKE no Kiyomaro, a younger brother of Hokin, as the Empress thought that the fragile Hokin could not bear the long trip to Usa Hachiman-gu Shrine.
称徳天皇は宇佐八幡から法均（和気広虫）の派遣を求められ、虚弱な法均に長旅は堪えられぬとして、弟である和気清麻呂を派遣した。