FUJIWARA no Koremichi had the following cynical comment on this promotion session: 'If killing many people is the key to winning promotions in rank, why then was the well at Sanjo Palace not promoted?'
藤原伊通はこの除目について「人を多く殺した者が官位を得るなら、なぜ三条殿の井戸に官位をやらないのか」と皮肉ったという。