Once he had successfully used his position of power to forcefully borrow the horse, he did not return it to Nakatsuna, changed the name of the horse to 'Nakatsuna,' and branded 'Nakatsuna' on the rump of the horse humiliating MINAMOTO no Nakatsuna.
地位と権勢にものをいわせて強引に借り受けると二度と返さず、その馬の名前を「仲綱」と改め、馬の尻に「仲綱」の焼印までして社交の場に率いてゆき、源仲綱に屈辱を味わわせる。