Since he, having a friendly tie with Shikibu TAKENOUCHI, was involved in the Horeki Incident and violated a taboo of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he was condemned to perpetuate house arrest.
竹内式部と往来があり、江戸幕府の忌諱にふれ、宝暦事件に座し、永蟄居。