However, in 754 the two were deprived of the official rank and the kabane and exiled as they were believed to have executed black magic together with the priest Gyoshin from Yakushi-ji Temple.
ところが、天平勝宝6年（754年）にはこの時の両名が薬師寺の行信と組んで厭魅を行ったとして位階と姓の剥奪と流刑に処せられた。