Michitaka supposedly did not want to be elevated to a higher rank, and in the interim in October 987, he renounced his right to be conferred Juichii (Junior First Rank) in exchange for conferment of Shogoinoge (Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) on Korechika.
道隆はこれ以上官位が進むのを望まなかったようで、この間、永延元年（987年）10月、従一位に昇叙されるべき所を、伊周の正五位下叙爵のために譲っている。