Due to the above, she was regarded in the following year as a lunatic and placed in the custody of her elder brother FUJIWARA no Michitsune after being relieved of the service at court ("Choshuki" [diary of MINAMOTO no Morotoki], October 6, 1119)
このため、翌年精神錯乱と見なされて宮仕えを降ろされ、兄藤原道経に預けられた（『長秋記』元永2年8月23日条）。