Even though he had tried to bury old hatred and bring about a reconciliation once, his uncle TAIRA no Yoshikane criticized and persuaded him to be hostile to Masakado, which prefaced the Johei and Tengyo War.
一時は旧怨を水に流し将門との和平路線を取ろうとするも、叔父の平良兼に批判・説得されて将門に敵対する事となり、承平天慶の乱の発端となった。