The influence of inyo gogyo became significant when the almanac (Genka-reki or Genka calendar) was adopted as the official calendar for the first time in Japan, and when Kenzuishi (Japanese delegates to the Sui Dynasty) were dispatched to the culturally advanced Sui commencing in 607 to absorb Buppo (Law of Buddhism/ Dharma), the principles of Inyo Gogyo and rekiho (method of making calendars), and when the Seventeen-Article Constitution and Twelve-cap rank system were established by Shotoku taishi.
初めて日本において暦（元嘉暦）が官暦として採用され、仏法や陰陽五行思想・暦法などを吸収するために607年（推古天皇15年）には先進文明国である随に向けて遣隋使の派遣が始められたほか、聖徳太子の十七条憲法や冠位十二階の制定においても陰陽五行思想の影響が色濃く現れることとなった。