Tadakata felt indignant because he was not getting well with Tsunetada, and he felt that the Retired Emperor Gosaga designated not Tadakata who was Akitomo's bereaved child but Tsunetada as the most trustworthy retainer after his father, Akitomo, died.
忠方は経任とは不仲であった上に、後嵯峨上皇が父・顕朝亡き後の一番の腹心に顕朝の遺児である自分ではなく経任が指名された考えた忠方は憤慨する。