So the Emperor Sujin decided to have the younger brother Ikumeno-mikoto succeed to the emperorship interpreting that the younger brother was considering securement of land and promotion of agriculture, and to dispatch Toyokino-mikoto to govern eastern Japan as he took up arms facing east in his dream.
その結果、弟の活目尊は領土の確保と農耕の振興を考えているとして位を継がせることとし、豊城命は東に向かい武器を振るったので東国を治めさせた。