Akiteru had his will to return to the post of Kurodo after the recuperation, so he tendered his letter of resignation over consultation with his biological father, Toshiaki BOJO; although he secretly hoped that his resignation would not be accepted or would be given a chance to come back to the position, he was dismissed and he wrote 'all I can do is to sigh and lament over the past' in his diary (the section of twelfth and thirteenth of October, the fourth year of Koka era of "Akiteru Diary").
ただし、顕彰自身は蔵人の仕事自体には意欲を持ち、静養の後に復職したいという希望はもっていたらしく、実父の坊城俊明と相談して一旦蔵人の辞表を提出したものの、そのまま解任となり、「仰天嘆息之外無之者也」（『顕彰日記』弘化4年10月12・13日条）と書き記している。