Before this time, the Takahashi clan (descendents of Iwakamutsukari no Mikoto) had managed Hochoshiki (ceremony for the use of kitchen knives), and he devised new Hochoshiki (cooking) that was different from the traditional one in accordance with the order of the Emperor Koko.
これまで磐鹿六雁命の末裔高橋氏が庖丁式を執り行っていたが、光孝天皇の命により今までとは別の新たな庖丁式（料理）を編み出した。