Tadamichi and the Bifukumonin Temple said that this was the work of Yorinaga. Believing this, the Cloistered Emperor lost all confidence in Yorinaga, ceased private audiences with him, and in effect Yorinaga was overthrown.
忠通と美福門院が、これは頼長の仕業であると述べ、それを信じた法皇は頼長に対する信を失い、内覧を停止され事実上失脚する。