"According to a story written in a book," Nihonshoki says, it was said that Prince Arima, SOGA no Akae, SHIOYA no Konoshiro, MORI no Oiwa and SAKAIBE no Kusuri divined the result of the rebellion using sortition.
書紀は「ある本には」として、有間皇子、蘇我赤兄、塩屋小戈、守大石、坂合部薬が、短籍（籤）で謀反を占ったという話を伝える。