He took responsibility of stopping the visit of the retired emperor and was temporarily demoted to Dazai no daini (Senior Assistant Governor-General of the Dazai-fu offices) on the following day but was reassigned to his former position and Shikibu shoyu (Junior Assistant of the Ministry of Ceremonial) without being sent off to the Kyushu region, and held the additional post as the Gon Sachuben (Provisional Middle Controller of the left).
なお、上皇の参内阻止の責任を取らされて翌日に大宰大弐に一旦左遷させられるが、翌月には九州へ出発することなく前職に復職、更に式部少輔に再任されて権左中弁を兼務している。