However, only two imperial family members, Price Otomo and Yamabe no Okimi, died in the war, and all the other imperial family members related to Emperor Tenchi, including Kadono no Okimi, son of Otomo, stayed in the imperial court.
しかし、乱で死んだ皇族は大友皇子と山部王の二人だけで、他の天智系皇族は大友の子葛野王をも含めて全員が残って朝廷を構成した。