Given that other members of the Soga clan such as SOGA no Akae and SOGA no Hatayasu backed Emperor Kobun, Yasumaro's position was contrasting and it is not too exaggerated to say that he 'saved the life of Emperor Tenmu.'
他の蘇我氏一族である蘇我赤兄、蘇我果安らが弘文天皇側に付いたのとは対照的な行動であり、天武天皇の「命の恩人」とも言える。