Tenmei OKAMOTO who was looking after Hachiman-jinja Shrine (Hatomori Hachiman-jinja Shrine) in Sendagaya, Tokyo, as a temporary Shinto priest while the regular one was in the field, served as saniwa (person who receives and tells the revelation) and master of ceremony in it.
その場において審神者（サ二ワ）兼司会進行役をつとめたのが岡本天明であった。（天明はこの頃、東京の千駄ヶ谷に在る八幡神社（鳩森八幡宮）で正神主が出征中の為、留守神主をしていた）