The next morning, Chu-nagon FUJIWARA no Yoshichika and Sa-chuben (First Assistant Controller of the Left) FUJIWARA no Korenari ran to the Gankei-ji Temple only to find that Emperor Kazan was already a young Buddhist priest.
翌朝、中納言藤原義懐と左中弁藤原惟成が元慶寺に駆けつけるが、そこにいたのは小法師の姿になってしまった花山天皇だった。