It was his acquaintance in Omoto (a religious community) 'Shin YANO' (the wife of Yutaro YANO, an army colonel), who found the importance of the revelation first and let Tenmei know it.
神示の重要性を最初に気付き天明に知らせたのは、「大本」時代からの知り合いである「矢野新」（陸軍大佐の矢野祐太郎の妻）だったという。