Prince Oama sent envoys to TAKASAKA no Okimi, a Rusutsukasa (a guard of the City) in Asuka, Yamato (Yamato Province) to demand the handover of an ekirei (a bell needed for the exercise of imperial power) at the time he took up army in Yoshino on July 24th.
大海人皇子は、6月24日に吉野で行動を起こす際に、倭（大和国）の飛鳥の留守司高坂王に使者を遣わし、駅鈴を求めた。