They were dismissed from office because Yasumori had failed each time to carry out Goshirakawa's instructions in performing his duties in relation to the maihimesannyu (entrance of the dancers) and goran (watching the dance) ceremonies that were part of the gosetsu no sechie, and that Yorimori failed to be in attendance at Shigeko's first entry at Court as an Imperial Consort (daihajime) on May 12, without having submitted an application for leave, even though he had visited Itsukushima-jinja Shrine on a pilgrimage, and also because he had failed to perform allocated works related to the Daijoe, though he was obliged to do so in his capacity as Controller of Chinzei (Kyushu).
解官の理由は、保盛については五節の節会で舞姫参入・御覧の儀式の勤めを、後白河の指示に従わず毎度怠ったこと、頼盛については、3月26日の滋子の代始めの入内に奉仕しなかったこと、休暇願いを出さずに無断で厳島神社に参詣したこと、鎮西を知行していたにも関わらず大嘗会関係の課役を勤めなかったことだった。