Court nobles, who represented civilian rule, were likely to underestimate the importance of military affairs and they also tried to flatter Michinaga by downgrading Takaie, who was a younger brother of Korechika, Michinaga's political enemy.
貴族らは文官統治を維持するために軍事を軽く見る傾向にあり、また、隆家は道長の政敵であった伊周の弟でもあり、道長に追従したためでもある。