After witnessing what happened, Prince Umayado (Prince Shotoku) decided to make statues of Shitenno (the Four Devas) out of a Nurude tree to pray for victory and receive blessings, and then promised himself that if he won the battle, he would build a Buddhist pagoda and work his hardest to spread Buddhism.
これを見た廐戸皇子は仏法の加護を得ようと白膠の木を切り、四天王の像をつくり、戦勝を祈願して、勝利すれば仏塔をつくり仏法の弘通に努めると誓った。