Only Takaie was arrested and Korechika was not found in the palace at that time, but "Eiga Monogatari" (A Tale of Flowering Fortunes; historical tales), the volume 'Uraura no wakare' (leaving shores) gave the details of the incident as follows: Korechika visited Kasuga-taisha shrine and his father's tomb in Kohata, and three days after the raid, returned with his head shaven and attired as a monk.
その時捕まえられたのは隆家だけで、邸内に伊周の身柄は無かったが、事件の過程を詳らかに記す『栄花物語』「浦々の別れ」巻は、伊周が春日大社や木幡にある父の墓に参詣し、3日後僧形で帰ったと伝える。