As a result of being implicated in the incident, Sangi (a councilor) FUJIWARA no Hamanari (the Capital House of the Fujiwara clan), his father-in-law, was demoted to the Dazai no ingai no sochi (an outer official of the Dazaifu) and the Capital House collapsed at only the second generation.
この事件に連座して川継の舅である参議・藤原浜成（藤原京家）は大宰員外帥に左遷され、京家は二代目にして早くも没落した。