To cheat death is a power only one has achieved ... but if we work together ... 死を免れるパワーは その域に達した者だけに宿る
He survived the nagayao no hen (conspiracy of nagayao ) occurred in 729 because he was a sotomago (grandchild from a daughter married into another family ) of fujiwara no fuhito . 729年(天平元年)のときの長屋王の変では、藤原不比等の外孫であったために死を免れる。