When Tadamichi found out who the request actually came from, he tried to have his calligraphy returned, but his efforts ended in failure. (According to the "Azuma Kagami," the framed calligraphy in Enryaku-ji Temple was written by Kanpaku Tadamichi, and the calligraphy on the paper strips was written by FUJIWARA no Norinaga.)
のちに真の依頼者を知った忠通は額を取り返そうとしたが失敗に終わる（『吾妻鏡』には「円隆寺の額は関白忠通の筆、色紙形は藤原教長」とある）。