Please give me kanpu (official written command from the Imperial Court) fast,' and sought official post-war consent for defeating the enemy but was rejected by the Court which, because it considered it a 'private war,' made no reward and in January the following year, he was removed as the governer of Mutsu Province.
早く追討の官符を給わりて」と後付けの追討官符を要請するが、朝廷はこれを下さず、「私戦」としたため恩賞はなく、かつ翌年1088年（寛治2）正月には陸奥守を罷免される。