When the Court at Omi no miya learned in late June 672 that Oama no Miko (later Emperor Tenmu) had raised an army against it, the Omi Court dispatched messengers to the regional allies to order the mobilization of troops.
壬申の年（672年）6月下旬、天武天皇の挙兵を知った近江宮の朝廷は、各地の軍を興させるための使者を派遣した。