The news of Masakado's insurrection reached Kyoto almost immediately, and at the same time there was another report of a rebellion by FUJIWARA no Sumitomo in the western provinces, leaving the Imperial Court aghast.
将門謀反の報はただちに京にもたらされ、また同時期に西国で藤原純友の乱の報告もあり、朝廷は驚愕する。