There is an anecdote that Yamato no kami (Governor of Yamato Province) FUJIWARA no Sukekimi, who noted his fear of cats, confined Kiyokado in a room and frightened him with cats as a punishment for unpaid kanmotsu (tribute goods paid as taxes or tithes) to urge him to pay.
そのことに目をつけた大和守の藤原輔公により、未納の官物を全納すべくお仕置きとして、一室に閉じ込めて猫で脅されたという逸話がある。