But in 995, while in the Emperor's presence, an incident occurred in which he had an argument with FUJIWARA no Yukinari about poetry; the incensed Sanekata is said to have seized Yukinari's official court cap and hurled it to the ground.
しかし、995年（長徳元年）に天皇の面前で藤原行成と歌について口論になり、怒った実方が行成の冠を奪って投げ捨てるという事件が発生する。