ABE no Seimei was highly regarded by Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor), FUJIWARA no Michinaga, it is considered that ASHIYA Doman was ordered to curse Michinaga by Sadaijin (minister of the left) FUJIWARA no Koremitsu, Michinaga's political adversary that was the defining moment of the eternal rivalry between Seimei and Doman.
安倍晴明が当時の関白藤原道長に重用されていたのに対し、蘆谷道満は藤原道長の政敵である左大臣藤原顕光に道長への呪祖を命じられたとされ、これが両者の永遠のライバルとしての関係を決定づけた。