The Mino Province theory is based on that Takata no Niinomi who also received Prince with Tanaka is considered to have been Inamori (manager of rice storehouse) from an article of "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicles of Japan Continued), and Inamori is believed to have been an official of Yu-no-mura.
美濃国とするのは、やはりともに出迎えた高田新家が続日本紀の記事から美濃国の主稲と推測され、かつ主稲は湯沐邑の役人と考えられるからである。