Vice-envoy, ONO no Iwane was chosen for this task instead of Imaemishi, and the ship which he and Chinese envoy, Homei Cho were on was wrecked on their way to Japan, and both died.
なお、この16次遣唐使は今毛人に代わって大使の任務を代行した副使小野石根と唐使趙宝英が乗船していた第1船が帰路遭難し両名は死亡している。