Those court nobles who were angry at the tyranny of the bakufu, and Sekkan-ke's control over the Imperial Court made the jiko (teacher) give a lecture on Shikibu's theory to the Emperor.
幕府の専制と摂関家による朝廷支配に憤慨していたこれらの公家たちは侍講から天皇へ式部の学説を進講させた。