In the edict, Empress Gensho says that Emperor Tenchi ordered her to take the faculty of Imperial Sun Succession (Amatsuhitsugi) to the Imperial Throne (Takamikura) 'based on the spirit of the code firstly conceived and established,' and Empress Gensho ordered Seimu to succeed.
詔では、天智天皇が「改めない常の典と初め賜い定め賜える法の随に」天日嗣高御座の業を継げと、元正天皇が聖武に命じたという。