When he went down to shoen (manor in medieval Japan) in Mino Province by the order of the lord FUJIWARA no Tadazane in the same year, he blamed an insolent fellow on the way, which developed to strife arising from mutual personal grudges, ended up killing three retainers including TACHIBANA no Hirofusa, Shinano no kuni no kami (Governor of Shinano Province), and MINAMOTO no Tameyoshi.
同年主君である藤原忠実の命令で美濃国の荘園に下向した際、道中で無礼者を咎めたことから私闘に発展し、信濃国守橘広房、源為義の郎党など3人を殺害するに至った。