Japan understood that the envoy was dispatched in order to revitalize Goguryeo, the predecessor of Bokkai, treating the envoy extremely well and dispatching Kenbokkaishi early the following year.
渤海の前身であるとされた高句麗の復興と理解し、使節を非常に厚遇し、翌年早々に遣渤海使を派遣した。