After handing over the positions of kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor) and toshi choja to FUJIWARA no Tadamichi, his heir son, FUJIWARA no Tadazane, who loved FUJIWARA no Yorinaga, Tadamichi's younger brother, tried to deprive FUJIWARA no Tadamichi of the positions of kanpaku and toshi choja, but since Cloistered Emperor Toba, who still effectively controlled the imperial court, ordered that the postion of kanpaku could not be freely changed, setting the problem of toshi choja aside, Tadazane and Yorinaga ordered their warriors to deprive them of Shuki-daiban (vermilion-lacquered mounted bowl), a symbol of toshi choja, declaring that Yorinaga was toshi choja.
また、藤原忠実は嫡男の藤原忠通に関白・藤氏長者を譲った後に、その弟の藤原頼長を寵愛して関白と藤氏長者の地位を忠通から取り上げようとしたところ、院政を執っていた鳥羽法皇より藤氏長者はともかく、関白を勝手に交代させることは出来ないと命じたため、忠実・頼長は武士に命じて氏長者の印たる朱器台盤を剥奪して頼長が藤氏長者であることを宣言した。