This results from the incident, in 1978, was that Ensho SANYUTEI (the sixth) submitted motions against replacement of the permanent board members of the time, Enka SANYUTEI, Kinba SANYUTEI (the fourth) and Ryucho SHUNPUTEI, and large numbers of shinuchi at the board meeting of the Rakugo Kyokai Association, ended up being rejected.
1978年、三遊亭圓生(6代目)が落語協会理事会において当時常任理事三遊亭圓歌・三遊亭金馬(4代目)・春風亭柳朝の更迭、大量真打の反対の動議を提出し結果棄却された事に起因している。