However, in Emperor Kammu's last years, FUJIWARA no Otsugu of the the Ceremonial House of the Fujiwara clan criticized the Emperor for undertaking this kind of military action and said that the policy subjected farmers to great hardship.
しかし晩年にはこのような軍事と造作が百姓を苦しめているとして藤原式家の藤原緒嗣に批判された。