While they frantically searched for the vanished Emperor in the Imperial Court, Michitaka, with his younger brother Michitsuna, brought Yasakani no magatama (comma-shaped jewel; one of the three imperial regalia) and Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi Sword (literally, heaven's cloud-gathering sword; another one of the three imperial regalia) into togu gosho (the Crown Prince's Palace).
天皇が消えて宮中が大騒ぎになっている間に、道隆は弟の道綱とともに八尺瓊勾玉天叢雲剣を東宮御所へ運び込む役割を果たした。