Although it is considered that he committed this act to implicitly urge the Retired Emperor Gosaga to reconsider, his attempt incurred the Retired Emperor's wrath by contraries and resulted in his expulsion from the Imperial Court.
これによって暗に後嵯峨上皇の翻意を促そうしたものであると考えられているが、逆にその逆鱗に触れて宮中を追われてしまう形となった。