Shigeko's Hogandai (court staff for a retired emperor), Tsunefusa YOSHIDA was surprised and said, 'This is an unprecedented occasion.' ("Kikki" (a diary of FUJIWARA no Tsunehisa) an article on the same day (April 26, 1174)
滋子の判官代だった吉田経房は「前代未聞で希代の事だ」と驚愕している（『吉記』同日条）。